Summer Pistou
A France dinner. Ready in about 39 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 24 minPrep (about)
- 15 minCook (about)
- 39 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 11 oz cannellini beans
Fresh & other
- 2 leeks
- 1 zucchini Shopping tip: Zucchini (UK: courgette).
- 3 ¼ cups vegetable stock Shopping tip: Vegetable broth (carton or can), or a bouillon cube in hot water.
- 5 oz green beans
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- Small pack basil Shopping tip: Fresh basil leaves, not dried.
- 1 oz parmesan
Sauces & oils
- 2 ¼ tsp canola oil Shopping tip: Canola oil (UK: rapeseed oil).
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Heat the oil in a large pan.
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Fry your leeks plus courgette for 5 mins to soften.
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Pour in the stock.
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Add three-quarters of your haricot beans using the green beans, half the tomatoes.
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Simmer for 5-8 mins till the vegetables are tender.
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Tomatoes, blitz the remaining beans and While that cooks, your garlic and basil in a food processor until smooth.
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Stir in the Parmesan.
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Stir the sauce into the soup.
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Cook for 1 min.
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Ladle half in bowls or pour in a flask for a packed lunch.
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Chill the remainder.
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Will keep for a couple of days.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.