Beef Minestrone Soup, my way!, a recipe on Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - 1 leek, halved and sliced
• - 500 ml (2 cups) canned diced Tomatoes
• - 3 carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds
• - 1 onion, sliced in half rounds
• - 1 stalk of celery, sliced
• - 2 potatoes, diced
• - 2 zucchini, diced
• - 1/2 cabbage
• - 1 small turnip, peeled and diced
• - 1 clove of garlic
• - 2 tbsp. butter
• - 1-2 kg (2-4 lb.) Beef (shoulder)
• - 6 liters (1 1/2 gallons) water
• - Salt and pepper
• - 1 bay leaf
• - 2 tbsp. fresh parsley
• - 2 tbsp. basil
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) beef concentrate
• - 2 liters (8 cups) vegetable or tomato juice
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) Parmesan (optional garnish)