Classic Minestrone

Recipes of Other Dishes

Italian Cooking

Ingredients serves 6

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb beef steak, cut into strips
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• Salt and pepper
• 2 leaves Swiss chard or spinach, chopped
• 2 leaves red cabbage, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium tomato, chopped
• 1 medium carrot chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ cup peas
• 1 cup cooked white beans
• 1 cup spirals or other short pasta

Preparation

1 Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the meat and cook 10 minutes or until browned. Add the onion and cook another 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

2 Add the water and remaining ingredients except the pasta and simmer another 10 minutes.

3 Add the spirals, stir, and cook 10 to 15 minutes or until the pasta is done. Serve hot.

Wine Pairing

Advice of Wine to combine

Suggest from Sommelier

The flavors in this dish are las( without being very pronounced and can be accompanied quite nicely with a delicate, fruity young red wine with soft tannins. My first choice is a Pinot Noir followed by a year-old Merlot.