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Minestrone

From Carolina cooking (1953).

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A historical recipe

Carolina cooking, by N.C.) Junior Service League (Chapel Hill (1953).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoon rosemary
  2. 3 quarts of boiling water
  3. 1 stalk celery
  4. 1 small onion
  5. 2 beef

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. 2 cups dried kidney beans 2 tablespoons tomato sauce 1 stalk celery 1 whole clove 1 small onion 1 teaspoon salt 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon pepper 2 sprigs parsley 1 teaspoon Accent 1 small head of cabbage 1 cup elbow macaroni 1 zucchini 2 beef bouillon cubes 2 tablespoons oil 2 cups boiling water 1 teaspoon rosemary or thyme Grated parmesan cheese Soak beans according to directions on package, drain and cook in 3 quarts of boiling water until tender when pierced with fork.
  2. Chon onion, celery, garlic, and parsley.
  3. Add rosemary and cook until golden in color in the oil.
  4. Add tomato sauce, cook five minutes.
  5. Add slivered cabbage, zucchini, clove, salt, pepper, Accent, beans and bean liquid.
  6. Add macaroni, water, and bouillon cubes during the last 12 minutes.
  7. Serve topped with parmesan cheese.
  8. Serves 8.
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Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
  • Colander
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Credit

From Carolina cooking (1953), printed page 14, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/carolinacooking00juni

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.