Minestrone Recipe | Simple Home Edit

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 large zucchini (courgette), diced
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 75 g tomato paste
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 800 g canned crushed tomatoes (or 700 g/1 lb 9 oz tomato passata)
• 2 litres chicken or vegetable stock (does not need to be warm)
• 800 g canned butter (lima) beans
• 2 handfuls shredded silverbeet (Swiss chard)
• 200 g risoni (orzo)
• ½ tsp sea salt flakes
• ½ tsp freshly cracked black pepper
• Freshly grated parmesan, to serve
• 1 tbsp Italian chilli oil, to serve (optional, see note 1)