Minestrone Soup with Tortellini and Zucchini
Minestrone is an Italian soup of mixed vegetables in a tomato-based broth, typically including a rice or pasta. For this recipe, I used tortellini (a pasta stuffed with meat or cheese) with a combination of zucchini, carrot and spinach. I love using flat green beans in minestrone but chose to take a different route with […]
Orzo and Spinach Stracciatella
Stracciatella is an Italian egg drop soup using small pastina or in this recipe, Orzo. I like to jazz it up with veggies and homemade turkey meatballs. Yields 4 servings Ingredients: Spinach, 2 bunches, stems removed Onion, 1 medium, diced Mushroom, 250 grams, sliced Garlic, 1-2 cloves, minced Chicken or vegetable broth, 8 cups Olive […]
Hearty Beef and Barley
Yields 4-6 servings Ingredients: 1 medium onion, medium dice 2 stalks of celery, medium dice 2 medium carrot, medium dice 4 roma tomato, medium dice 4 garlic colves, purée 4 cups spinach, raw 2 cups barley 1 pound beef, 1/4″ thick slices 1 spring of rosemary 1 sprig of sage 8 cups beef stock salt […]
Leek & Potato Soup
Yields 4-6 servings Ingredients: 3 tbsp butter 1 pound leeks 1 pound yukon or russet potato 8 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 bay leaf 1 cup 35% cream salt & white pepper to taste 2 cups of pumpernickel bread, cubed 2 tbsp garlic oil (see garlic oil recipe) 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese What […]