Minestrone (Vegetable Soup)
This dish comes in many different versions since every Ticinese housewife has her own recipe. Also excellent when heated up.
Ingredients for 8 people
- 100 gr. of bacon
- 2-3 pieces of pork rind
- 2 onions 120 gr. of leeks
- 100 gr. of beans 100 gr. of string beans
- 100 gr. of carrots
- 100 gr. of turnips
- spinach
- savoy
- cabbage
- zucchini
- celery
- herbs (basil, bay leaf, parsley).
In a big pot, sauté the bacon and the pork rind. Add the vegetables, all well cleaned, washed and cut into cubes. Cook for a couple of hours adding cold water or broth. Before removing from the stove flavour with the ground herbs.
