Thermomix Chunky Minestrone Soup Recipe
This Thermomix Chunky Minestrone Soup is the ultimate winter warmer! It's a thick and filling soup which is packed with vegetables, bacon and pasta. The cooked soup is also freezer friendly and both regular and Thermomix instructions are included.
Servings 4 people
Calories
Equipment
- Thermomix
Ingredients
- 100 grams zucchini cut into 4cm pieces
- 120 grams carrot cut into 4cm pieces
- 80 grams celery cut into 4cm pieces
- 100 grams sweet potato - peeled cut into 4cm pieces
- 1 brown onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 rashers short cut bacon roughly cut into 5 cm pieces
- 20 grams olive oil
- 650 grams tomato passata
- 50 grams tomato paste
- 300 grams water
- 2 tablespoon vegetable stock paste
- 60 grams green beans cut into thirds
- 70 grams macaroni pasta
- 400 gram tin of cannellini beans drained
Instructions
- Place the zucchini, carrot, celery and sweet potato pieces into your Thermomix bowl and mix for 3 seconds, speed 5. Transfer to a separate bowl.
- Without washing the bowl, add the bacon pieces, brown onion and garlic cloves and mix for 5 seconds, speed 5 to chop.
- Scrape down the sides of your Thermomix bowl and add the olive oil. Cook for 4 minutes, varoma temperature, speed 1 with the measuring cup off.
- Add the chopped vegetables, passata, tomato paste, water, vegetable stock paste and sliced green beans to your Thermomix bowl. Cook for 8 minutes, 100 degrees, speed 2 REVERSE with the measuring cup ON.
- Add the pasta and cannellini beans and cook for a further 10 minutes, 100 degrees, speed 2 REVERSE with the measuring cup on.Serve
Notes
To make this soup not as thick, you can add extra water at step 4. Please ensure you don't exceed the maximum capacity level of your Thermomix.
You can use tinned crushed tomatoes in this recipe if you prefer.
The vegetables in this recipe can be substituted or omitted.
This soup is freezer friendly.