A wonderful vegan vegetable soup for all occasions, swiss chard minestrone with white beans. This Italian stew is quick, delicious and easy.
Course Minestrone
Cuisine Italian
Keyword stew, swiss chard, vegetables
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 3Servings
Author Klaraslife
Ingredients
2tbspextra virgin olive oil + more
3celery sticksfinely chopped
1onionchopped
2carrotschopped
3clovesof garlicfinely chopped
1tbsptomato paste
800gcan of chopped tomatoes
500gSwiss chardchop stem and leaves separately
400gcan of white beansrinsed and drained
1small bunch of basil leaves or parsley
sea-salt
freshly ground black pepper
vegan parmesan
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Sauté onions and garlic briefly. Then add the celery, carrots and stalks of Swiss chard and sauté for 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir occasionally.
Add the tomato paste and briefly fry as well.
Deglaze with 400 ml of hot water.
Add the chopped tomatoes, stir and then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the beans and the Swiss chard leaves and let simmer for another 10 minutes. Finally add the basil. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve the minestrone with more herbs, sliced "parmesan" and olive oil.