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Mediterranean Soup Bowl

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  • Brief Description

    Soupe au Pistu is a fragrant vegetable soup - piquant tomato bouillon - originally from Genoa in northern Italy; also very popular in southern France. Vary the soup as you wish by adding diced fresh vegetables, canned beans or fine spaghettini, if desired.

  • Main Ingredient

    tomatoes

  • Category:  Soups

  • Cuisine:  Italian

  • Prep Time:  20 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  20 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

  • Source:

    Colleen Kerr

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  • Posted By:  PlantingSeeds

  • Posted On:  Oct 06, 2021

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Ingredients:

  1. 2 cloves - garlic
  2. 1/4 cups - fresh basil
  3. 2 tablespoons - fresh parsley
  4. 2 tablespoons - tomato paste
  5. 3 tablespoons - olive oil
  6. 1/4 cups - grated fresh Parmesan cheese
  7. 1 cans - 10 oz. tomato juice
  8. 1 cans - 10 oz. beef bouillion
  9. 2 - soup cans of water
  10. 1 cans - 7.5 oz. tomato sauce
  11. 2 teaspoons - sugar
  12. 1/2 teaspoons - salt
  13. 1/4 teaspoons - dried basil OR 1/4 cup fresh basil
  14. 1/8 teaspoons - thyme or fresh to your taste
  15. 1 leaves - to 2 bay leaves crumbled
  16. - freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Combine all soup ingredients & simmer about 15-20 minutes.

Add some Pistou to the soup.

To make the pistou: In a blender add 2 garlic cloves, ¼ cup fresh basil, 2 tablespoons fresh parsley together with 2 tablespoons tomato paste and 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Then work in a ¼ cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese to produce the ‘Pistou’! Add as much of the pistou as you like to the soup and then pass extra for added flavour.


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