Soup
Soupe au pistou (vegetable soup with basil pesto)
- Preparation time
- 40 min
- Servings
- serves 6
Ingredients
serves 6
- Garlic — to buy3 gousses
- Olive oil — to buy4 tbsp
- Zucchini — to buy2
- Tomato — to buy3
- Stock — to buy1.5 L
- Green beans — to buy200 g
- White beans — to buy300 g
- Pasta — to buy150 g
- Basil — to buy1 bunch
Preparation
Heat the olive oil in a large pot, add the sliced garlic and cook for 1 minute without letting it burn.
Add the diced courgette and tomato, cover with stock and bring to a boil.
Add the green beans and drained, rinsed white beans, season lightly (the stock is already salted) and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add the small pasta and cook for another 10 minutes, until tender — taste to check the cooking.
Meanwhile, make the pistou by pounding the basil with the garlic and olive oil in a mortar until fragrant.
Off the heat, stir the pistou into the soup just before serving, to keep its fresh flavour (cooking it would dull the aroma).