lördag 16 oktober 2010

Recipe time! Leftover Minestrone

Thought it was time for a new recipe again. This recipe is a vegetarian Minestrone soup I made from leftovers. It's lactose free and completley meat free, but of course if you would like to use meat instead of soy and regular cremé fraishe, that is also possible.

After realising there was about nothing at all left in my fridge except this weeks leftover I decided to do a quick Minestrone soup.
The word Minestrone is Italian and means "The Big Soup" or well, the soup with loads of ingredients (think I heard that on Jamie Oliver's show once too...)

Ingredients:
2 cups of quorn or soy filling
1 onion
2-3 potatoes
1 cup of pasta or noodles
2 cups of red lentils (boiled)
1½ cup of Heinz chili sauce
2 cups of mixed beans and chick peas (this was made from tin packaged, but if you want they can be made by fresh ones too, but remember to put them in water and boil them at the right time before adding them)
4 table spoons of lactose free cremé fraische (for a more vegan alternative, use soy-yoghurt)
about 1 litre of water (thickness depends on your liking, the more water, the thinner soup)

If you go with fresh un-cooked food, the potatoes and lentils takes about 20 min each so keep that in mind.
Start by chopping the onion and fry it together with the soy/quorn in a casserole. Add the water and put the lentils and potatoes in and let boil for about 20 min. After 8-10 minutes, add the pasta (if using noodles, they cook in 3 minutes). When the potatoes and lentils are boiled, add the chili sauce and the cremé fraishe and add the beans. Mix it all together and take it of the stove.
Serve with a teaspoon of cremé fraiche and bread.

(Of course this works with prepared cooked food to, then there will be no cooking time to speak of... Just add the ingredients and let it simmer for a few minutes and it's ready to eat).

First time I made this, I had to little chili sauce and to little water, so it didn't look to appetizing, and for those who have seen "The young ones", it resembled Neil's lentil stew a lot, except with potatoes. But adding a bit more water and chili sauce made it get that orange Minestrone soup color I'm used to...

Next recipe will probably be my peanut-cookie ice cream cake. So look out for that one!

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