Roasted Red Pepper Minestrone

Name: Roasted Red Pepper Minestrone
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 113 grams smoky bacon or pancetta, chopped; 4 Tbsps butter, softened; 2 carrots, chopped; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 2 liters chicken stock; 397 grams red beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 4 servings Crusty Italian bread, for serving; 177 milliliters ditalini or other small pasta, or broken thin spaghetti; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 59 milliliters EVOO, plus more for drizzling; 1 large fresh bay leaf; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh rosemary; 2 Tbsps finely chopped fresh thyme; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 3 heads garlic; 1 small bunch Tuscan kale, stemmed and chopped; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 4 servings Freshly grated nutmeg; 1 onion, chopped; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano; 4 servings Grated pecorino, for serving; 6 larges red bell peppers; 1 fresh red chile pepper, seeded and finely chopped; 1 starchy potato, peeled and chopped; 59 milliliters tomato paste

Roasted Red Pepper Minestrone might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1145 calories, 46g of protein, and 55g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up onion, bay leaf, starchy potato, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the broiler. Arrange the bell peppers on a baking sheet and broil, turning occasionally, until the skins are blackened.

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Bell Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Broiler

Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover and let cool. Peel and seed the peppers. Puree 4 peppers in a food processor with any juices that collected in the bowl. Reserve the remaining 2 peppers for another recipe, such as Make-Ahead Paella Casserole or Roasted Squash Chili Mac.

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Chili Mac

Peppers

Squash

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Food Processor

Bowl

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

Cut off the top third of each garlic head, drizzle with EVOO and wrap in foil. Roast until tender. Reserve 2 heads for another recipe, such as Middle Eastern Garlic Roasted Chicken.

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Roasted Chicken

Garlic

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Heat the EVOO in a Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high heat.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add the bacon and cook until crisp.

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Bacon

Add the rosemary, thyme, oregano, sliced garlic, carrots, celery, bay leaf, chile pepper, onions and potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Partially cover the pot and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Deglaze with the wine, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon.

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Salt And Pepper

Chili Pepper

Tomato Paste

Vegetable

Bay Leaves

Potato

Rosemary

Carrot

Oregano

Celery

Garlic

Onion

Thyme

Wine

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Wooden Spoon

Pot

Add the kale and cook until wilted.

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Kale

Add the stock, beans and a few gratings of nutmeg and bring to a boil. Stir in the roasted pepper puree.

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Nutmeg

Pepper

Beans

Stock

Bring the soup to a low boil.

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Soup

Add the pasta and cook until al dente. (Or cook the pasta separately in salted boiling water.) Meanwhile, squeeze the roasted garlic from 1 head into a bowl and mash with the butter. Slice the bread, then broil or grill until charred.

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Roasted Garlic

Butter

Bread

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Water

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Grill

Bowl

Divide the soup among shallow bowls. Top with pecorino and a drizzle of EVOO. Slather the bread with the garlic butter and serve with the soup.

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Garlic Butter

Pecorino

Bread

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Soup

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Bowl

Cook's Note: The soup (without the pasta) can be refrigerated for a make-ahead meal.

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Pasta

Soup

Add the pasta before serving. The garlic can be roasted ahead of time and mashed with the butter, then refrigerated.

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Butter

Garlic

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Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian can be paired with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 60 dollars per bottle.