Olive Garden Minestrone Recipe
Serves/Makes: 6
Ingredients:
1 cup each: finely minced celery, onion, and carrot
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup each: garbanzo beans, kidney beans, whole dried peas, white pea beans
3/4 cup carrots sliced
3/4 cup onion coarsely chopped
3/4 cup celery sliced
3/4 cup bell pepper chopped
1/2 cup rice or barley
1 cup shell macaroni
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Slowly saute finely minced onion, celery and carrot in butter until very brown.
Add peas and beans and about 3 quarts of water. Cook slowly until beans are
almost done (check garbanzos - they take longest) about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Add
the remaining vegetables, rice and spices and more water if necessary and cook
another hour. About 20 minutes before serving time add the macaroni and more
water if needed. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Pepper to
taste.
This recipe for Olive Garden Minestrone serves/makes 6.