Name: Minestrone in minutes
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1l hot vegetable stock; 400g tin chopped tomato; 100g thin spaghetti broken into short lengths; 350g frozen mixed vegetable; 4 tbsp pesto; drizzle of olive oil; coarsely grated vegetarian parmesan-style cheese to serve

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Minestrone in minutes

Minestrone in minutes

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 2 mins

Cook: 8 mins

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Whip up a hearty bowl of soup in next to no time, perfect for a quick lunch or warming supper

Easily doubled

Easily halved

Healthy

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1l hot vegetable stock
400g tin chopped tomato
100g thin spaghetti

broken into short lengths
350g frozen mixed vegetable
4 tbsp pesto
drizzle of olive oil
coarsely grated vegetarian parmesan-style cheese

to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal162
fat2g
saturates0g
carbs30g
sugars8g
fibre6g
protein8g
salt0.54g

low

Method

step 1

Bring the stock to the boil with the tomatoes, then add the spaghetti and cook for 6 mins or until done. A few minutes before the pasta is ready, add the vegetables and bring back to the boil. Simmer for 2 mins until everything is cooked.
step 2

Serve in bowls drizzled with pesto and oil, sprinkled with parmesan.

RECIPE TIPS

BREAKING SPAGHETTI

The easiest way to break the spaghetti is to wrap it in a clean tea towel and, holding it with both hands, bash it against the side of a table to break it into small pieces.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2007

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