California Farm Cast Iron Minestrone Stew & Soup

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Cured and diced Parma ham flavors this hearty stew, or diced celeriac root for vegetarians, and leftover stew turns into a delicious soup by adding tomato broth.

California Farm Cast Iron Minestrone Stew & Soup

Cured and diced Parma ham flavors this hearty stew, or diced celeriac root for vegetarians, and leftover stew turns into a delicious soup by adding tomato broth.

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Ingredients

An hour
4 people
  1. 8 cupsno salt vegetable broth, store bought or home made
  2. 2 cupstomato broth for soup, store bought or home made
  3. 1 cupdried red kidney beans, soaked overnight in cup red wine + cup water, makes 2 cups of beans
  4. 1 cupdried northern white beans, soaked overnight in cup white wine + cup water, makes 2 cups of beans
  5. 1 cupdiced red onion
  6. 1 cupdiced zuchini
  7. 1leek cut in rings
  8. 1 cupchopped napa cabbage
  9. 1 cupfrozen peas
  10. 1/2 cupdiced red sweet pepper
  11. 1/2 cupdiced green jalapeno pepper
  12. 1/2 cupchopped celery stalk
  13. 1 cupcured parma ham, diced, or celeriac root, diced
  14. 6 cloveselephant garlic
  15. 4 halfportions fettucini, store bought or home made from cup of flour and 2 eggs
  16. 4 Tbschopped or dried parsley
  17. 4 Tbsgrated parmesan cheese for garnish
  18. 2 Tbsolive oil
  19. Twig of rosemary
  20. 4Bayleaves
  21. Equipment: cast iron dutch oven with lid
  22. Cost: ham $1, vegetables $1, broth $1, fettucini $1, wine $1, per person dinner $1.25

Cooking Instructions

An hour
  1. 1

    Sautee garlic, onion, leek and chopped parma ham or celeriac root in olive oil till fragrant.

  2. 2

    Make half pound of fresh fettucini: make doughball by squeezing cup of flour and 2 eggs with your fingers, roll out on flour dusted surface to thickness of a penny, roll up like a pancake, slice about 24 thin strips with knife, hang or roll out to straighten, 5 minutes.

  3. 3

    Simmer the stew: Add 8 cups vegetable broth and all other ingredients except fettucini and parmesan cheese, boil till beans are soft, about 50 minutes. When soft, add fettucini, cook 10 more minutes. Garnish each plate of stew with grated parmesan cheese. Enjoy.

  4. 4

    To make fresh soup from this stew, dilute leftover stew with 1 cup of tomato broth, stir, add another cup of broth if you want thinner soup. Heat, do not boil. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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