PrintMinestrone soup
I wonder if I can get some people to agree with me. My group at culinary class are making a minestrone soup for our group project. The recipe says to dump all the veggies, inc onions garlic and celery into a pot with water and boil. I would always sautee the onions, then add garlic, celery and carrots, then everything else to get a nice flavour. What do other people think?
If anyone has a minestrone recipe I'd love to see it!
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10 Comments:
I don't have a set recipe, but I ALWAYS saute the veggies before adding broth. I think it gives the whole soup a more flavorful bite and looks better too since the veggies have a slightly carmelized look to them. And al-dente noodles go way at the end when everything is done and ready to be served.
chlamers at 7:30PM on 04/30/08
I make soup every week and always sautee the veggies first. No matter what kind of soup it is. I usually keep the pasta or rice separate to be added when the soup is reheated. The veggies cook faster too.
joanpieroni2 at 8:17PM on 04/30/08
Always saute the vegetables first. They will have more flavor. It would take just as long to saute the vegetables and then add the remaining ingredients as it would to boil all the ingredients together at once.
eatmyfood at 9:19PM on 04/30/08
Definitely sautee! Who are these crazy people?
embolini9 at 10:37AM on 05/01/08
Screw the recipe!
I say sautee away!
What else does that recipe say?
wookie at 3:38PM on 05/01/08
I've been making minestrone all my life. I learned from my Sicilian grandmother when I was a kid. (There were still dinosaurs roaming around back then... ;) ----- I say, saute!
Brownie at 4:31PM on 05/01/08
Check the epicurious site, they have minestrone recipes...and yes, saute!
elaine nan at 5:05PM on 05/01/08
I checked Mario Batali's recipe and he says saute. Why wouldn't you? If you had some roasted veggies, that would add more flavor to the soup party, too.
PerkyMac at 5:21PM on 05/01/08
Thanks people! I really just wanted justification to put my foot down and say it was important to sautee the veggies first before we added the broth.
jennywenny at 6:13PM on 05/01/08
It sounds like your class recipe is trying to be accessible to people who might shy away from cooking a soup with more than one step.
If you bring this up in class the right way, you can probably encourage your more timid classmates to trust their own cooking instincts rather than blindly following what's written.
butterface at 7:04PM on 05/01/08