Best Italian Minestrone Recipes

MINESTRONE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the carrots, celery and leek; cook for 3 minutes. Add the zucchini, green beans and garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Stir in the broth, tomatoes, cabbage, basil, oregano and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. , Return to a boil. Stir in the garbanzo beans, pasta and parsley. Cook for 6-9 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve with cheese.

ITALIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• HEAT oil in large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add celery, onion and garlic. Cook and stir until crisp-tender.
• ADD cabbage and carrots. Cook and stir until crisp-tender. Stir in tomatoes with juice, tomato juice and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low.
• MIX in the three kinds of beans, parsley, oregano and basil. Simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender and flavors have blended.
• STIR in cooked pasta and Parmesan cheese just before serving. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese on the side.

MINESTRONE SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook the sausage links in a large soup pot over medium-low heat. After 4-5 minutes turn the sausages, add 1/4 cup water, cover and cook for another 8-10 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer the sausages to a cutting board and allow to cool before coin slicing.
• Over medium heat, add olive oil to the same large soup pot. Cook the garlic, carrots and onion until wilted, stirring occasionally. Add the cabbage, zucchini, potato, both stocks and tomato paste. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and add 2 tablespoons of the parsley, oregano, basil, pepper and salt to taste. Simmer uncovered over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Add the sausage, beans, tomatoes, and pasta, simmer until the pasta is done (about 8 minutes). Serve with a sprinkling of fresh parsley and grated parmesan cheese.

ITALIAN CHICKEN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and cook until softened, 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add tomatoes with juice and cook until liquid is evaporated, 4 minutes. Add broth and bring to a boil. Add pasta, carrots, and Parmesan rind, if using, and cook 5 minutes. Add kale, zucchini, and chickpeas and cook until zucchini is crisp-tender, 5 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook until warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove rind before serving. Sprinkle with Parmesan, if desired.

MINESTRONE SOUP (ITALIAN VEGETABLE SOUP)

Steps:

• In a dutch oven combine broth, tomatoes, onion, celery, parsley, oregano, pepper, and garlic. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 20-30 minutes.
• Add all other ingredients and continue to cook until all vegetables are tender.
• Thirty minutes before serving, Add uncooked pasta.
• **Serve with grated parmesan cheese**.

MINESTRONE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In soup kettle, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in the carrots, celery, leek and garlic; cook for 3 minutes.
• Add zucchini and green beans; cook 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in broth, tomatoes, cabbage, basil, oregano and pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover, simmer for 45 minutes.
• Return to a boil, stir in garbanzo beans, pasta and parsley.
• Cook for 6-9 minutes or until the pasta is tender.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain., In the same pan, saute the carrots, celery, onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in the broth, beans, tomatoes, bay leaves, Italian seasoning, tomato paste and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes, adding pasta during the last 6-8 minutes. Cook, uncovered, until pasta is tender., Freeze option: Before adding pasta, cool soup. Freeze soup and cheese separately in freezer containers for up to 3 months. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Place in a Dutch oven. Bring to a boil. Stir in pasta; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, for 6-8 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve with cheese.

GLUTEN-FREE NORTHERN ITALIAN AUTUMN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Place cranberry beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let soak, 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
• Shred carrot, yellow onion, celery, and red pepper in a food processor to create a sofrito mixture.
• Heat oil in a 7-quart pressure cooker over medium-high heat. Add sofrito mixture and saute until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add soaked beans, potatoes, diced carrots, zucchini, pumpkin, and diced onion. Cook and stir until warmed through, 3 to 5 minutes more. Add oregano, rosemary, and bay leaf. Stir well to coat vegetables with oil and seasonings.
• Add enough broth to cover vegetables by 1 inch. Close the pressure cooker lid and bring up to pressure, about 10 minutes. Cook an additional 10 minutes from the first whistle.
• Allow pressure to release naturally and remove lid, about 10 minutes. Taste and adjust salt if necessary. Add additional broth to allow for cooking the pasta. Bring to a boil and add pasta. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Add more boiling broth if needed during cooking.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with minced hot pepper and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

CLASSIC ITALIAN MINESTRONE (SOUPE PAYSANNE)

Steps:

• In a large casserole or soup pot, cook the pork fat over medium-high heat until there is some fat in the bottom of the pot, about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Then add the potatoes, cabbage, chard, onion, and garlic until the greens are wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in the water, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, add the beans, ham or smoked bacon, and tomato, and cook until the beans are tender, 2 to 3 hours.
• Add the elbow macaroni and continue to cook until a spoon can stand straight up in the center of the soup, and the pasta is tender--about 15 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and serve.

MEATLESS ITALIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven or stockpot.
• Add celery, onion and garlic.
• Cook and stir until crisp-tender.
• Stir in tomatoes, cabbage and carrots.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in tomato juice, beans, parsley, oregano, basil, pepper and salt.
• Simmer until beans are heated.
• Stir in cooked macaroni just before serving.
• Serve sprinkled with Parmesan.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE & CHEESE TORTELLINI MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Brown Italian turkey sausage, onion, and garlic until meat is cooked through and no longer pink.
• Drain meat well.
• Add the beef broth, undrained tomatoes, carrots, celery, ketchup, and Italian Seasoning.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes until vegetables are tender.
• Add zucchini, green pepper and (canned beans or peas, if using) and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Stir in tortellini and Italian parsley.
• Cook until tortellini is tender (5-7 minutes).
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve and ENJOY!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MINESTRONE FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain., In the same pan, saute the carrots, celery, onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in the broth, beans, tomatoes, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, tomato paste and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes., Stir in ditalini; return to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, uncovered, for 6-8 minutes or until pasta is tender. Discard bay leaf. Serve with cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In the bottom of your best soup pot, heat up your olive oil and add the sausage, onions and peppers. When the sausage is almost completely cooked, add the garlic and the pesto (or herbs). Let it cook another minute, then add the tomatoes and tomato sauce, frozen vegetables and beans. Let this cook for about 10 minutes on medium heat. Then add your beef stock and bring back to a gentle boil and then add the macaroni. Salt and pepper to taste. If you like it spicy, you might also add a pinch of red pepper flakes. Cook another 10 minutes.

ITALIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• 1. In a large Dutch oven pot, combine the first ten ingredients.
• 2. Bring to a boil.
• 3. Then cover and reduce heat to a simmer for 45 minutes.
• 4. Add beans and pasta. Bring to a boil again. Then cover and reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 20 more minutes.
• 5. Ladle into bowls and garnish. Enjoy!

MINESTRONE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the carrots, celery and leek; cook for 3 minutes. Add the zucchini, green beans and garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, cabbage, basil, oregano and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Return to a boil. Stir in the garbanzo beans, pasta and parsley. Cook for 6-9 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve with cheese. Yield: 11 servings (about 3 quarts).

RUSTIC ITALIAN MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook for 5 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to soften. Add the garlic, season with salt and pepper and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add the tomatoes, vegetable or chicken broth and herbs, bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer.
• Add the green and cannellini beans and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add the zucchini and pasta and simmer for 10 minutes, or until all of the vegetables are tender and the pasta is al dente. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve the soup in large bowls with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE MINESTRONE

Steps:

• Remove the Italian sausage from its casings rolling them into small to medium sized meatballs. Add the meatballs to a hot stockpot let them brown on all sides then transfer the meatballs to paper towels to drain. Keeping the pot hot with the drippings of sausage add 1 tbsp olive oil and drop in the onions, garlic, red bell peppers, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and sauté until fragrant and clear. Add the Serrano Chile and the meatballs sauté for another minute or two then add the diced tomatoes, along with the tomatoes add the cans of kidney and garbanzo beans. Let this come to a simmer, add the basil and oregano. Add the water slowly and finishing with a can of tomato sauce. Let the soup come to a simmer then add salt, pepper, and carrots. Simmer the soup on medium low for 30 minutes until flavors marry. Once the soup is simmered add the zucchini, cabbage, spinach, and the pasta. The soup is done when all vegetables are cooked through and pasta is al dente. Add salt and pepper for taste. Serve with parmesan cheese and crusty bread.

MINESTRONE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onion, carrots, basil and garlic; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until sausage is no longer pink; drain.
• Stir broth, tomatoes and great northern beans into sausage mixture. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 7 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in macaroni, zucchini and frozen green beans. Heat to boiling. Cook over medium-high heat 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are hot and macaroni is tender.

ITALIAN WEDDING MINESTRONE

Steps:

• In a stockpot, saute the onion, celery and carrots in oil until tender. Add the cabbage, potatoes and green beans; cook and stir 5 minutes longer. Add the water, tomatoes, bouillon and salt; bring to a boil. Carefully add meatballs. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are tender and meatballs are heated through., Stir in the beans, spinach and pasta; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with cheese.

REAL ITALIAN MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown salt pork and onions in large pot. Add garlic, celery, carrots, cabbage & parsley Add 4 cups chicken broth and everything else except the last five ingredients Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add escarole or chopped spinach & spaghetti. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Serve and sprinkle the cheese on top of each serving Top it off with fresh crusty Italian Bread and butter. You can double or triple this recipe according to your needs.