Alphabet Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 small onion
• 1/2 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium carrot (50g) peeled and diced
• 1/3 small stick celery (20g) diced
• 1/2 x 400g can plum tomatoes, drained and chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 500 ml chicken or vegetable stock
• 50g Annabel Karmel’s Alphabet Pasta
• 1/2 bay leaf
• pinch dried thyme
• 60g frozen peas
• freshly grated parmesan for serving

Method

Saute the onion and garlic gently in olive oil for 5 minutes. Add the carrot and celery and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, stock, pasta, bay leaf and thyme. Bring to the boil and simmer for 6 minutes. Add the peas, bring back to the simmer and cook for a further 3 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.

Information

Suitable for freezing
Suitable from one year
MAKES 3 TO 4 PORTIONS