Pistou - Vegetable Soup With Basil Sauce Recipe

Name: Pistou - Vegetable Soup With Basil Sauce Recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups basil leaves (packed); 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese; 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 5 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin); Salt; freshly ground black pepper; 215 grams cooked cannellini beans (1 cup, canned, drained); 1/4 cup olive oil (extra virgin); 1 pound tomatoes (ripe, peeled, seeded, and chopped or one 16-ounce can Italian-style plum tomatoes); 10 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock, preferably homemade, 2 1/2 quarts); 2 carrots (peeled and sliced thin on the bias); 2 leeks (medium size leeks, trimmed, washed, cut into 2-inch julienne, and rewashed); 1/4 pound string beans, trimmed and cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces; 2 zucchini (small zucchini, cut into small cubes); 1/2 cup dry vermicelli pasta (broken into small pieces); 1 cup celery leaves (chopped, tender celery leaves from the inner ribs); 1/8 teaspoon saffron (threads)

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This is a delicious wintery soup, served Mediterranean-style with a dollop of aromatic basil sauce (Pistou). Pistou is very similar to Pesto, but doesn't use pi

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Ingredients

2 cups basil leaves (packed)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
3 cloves garlic, crushed
5 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin)
Salt
freshly ground black pepper
215 grams cooked cannellini beans (1 cup, canned, drained)
1/4 cup olive oil (extra virgin)
1 pound tomatoes (ripe, peeled, seeded, and chopped or one 16-ounce can Italian-style plum tomatoes)
10 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock, preferably homemade, 2 1/2 quarts)
2 carrots (peeled and sliced thin on the bias)
2 leeks (medium size leeks, trimmed, washed, cut into 2-inch julienne, and rewashed)
1/4 pound string beans, trimmed and cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces
2 zucchini (small zucchini, cut into small cubes)
1/2 cup dry vermicelli pasta (broken into small pieces)
1 cup celery leaves (chopped, tender celery leaves from the inner ribs)
1/8 teaspoon saffron (threads)