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This Week’s Highlighted Recipe:

Winter Minestrone
from Recipes from the Root Cellar by Andrea Chesman

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 celery root, peeled and diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 6 cups vegetable broth, chicken broth, or turkey broth
  • 1 quart crushed tomatoes or tomato puree, or 1 (28-ounce can)
  • 3 cups thinly sliced green or savoy cabbage, or kale (remove and discard tough stems from kale)
  • 1 ½ cups cooked white beans (cannelloni, navy, pea) or 1 (15-ounce) can, rinsed and drained
  • 1 tsp. dried rosemary
  • 1 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1 cup small pasta (rings, ditalini, alphabets, bowties)
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

  1. Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery root, carrot, and garlic, and sauté until the vegetables are slightly tender, about 3 minutes. Add the broth, tomatoes, cabbage, beans rosemary, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
  2. Return the soup to a boil. Add the pasta and boil gently until the pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Serves 6-8

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