1 hour4 servingsbasil

Minestrone

By Anabella Alfaro

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4 Servings

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1 hour

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Easy

Minestrone
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Recipe Details

Difficulty: Easy

Total Time: 1 hour

Cooking Technique: Saute

Cuisine: Peruvian

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 5 chunks beef stew meat or ossobuco
  • 12 cups broth or water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 Ear of corn, sliced
  • 1 white potato cut into cubes
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • Peas to taste
  • 12 oz (150 g) canuto noodles
  • Drizzle of olive oil
  • ½ onion, diced
  • 1 tsp ground garlic
  • 1 handful spinach
  • ¼ cup (30 g) Parmesan cheese or queso fresco
  • 1 cup basil
  • ¼ cup evaporated milk
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup basil
  • ¼ cup evaporated milk
  • 3 tbsp olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Place the stainless steel inner pot inside the Instant Pot®. Add the broth together with salt, garlic and meat, and stir to mix.
  2. Close and lock the Instant Pot® lid. Make sure the steam release handle is turned to Sealing. Press Soup/Broth and set the time to 30 Minutes .
  3. When done, press Cancel and turn the steam release handle to Venting. Once all the pressure has been released, open the lid.
  4. Press Saute and set the time to 30 Minutes. Add the corn kernels, potatoes, and carrots. When cooked, add the noodles and peas.
  5. Separately, in a frying pan with a little olive oil, fry the onion together with the garlic. When the onion softens, add the spinach and mix for a few more seconds.
  6. Purée in the blender together with the Parmesan cheese, basil, milk and olive oil.
  7. Add the puréed mix from blender to the Instant Pot®; rectify salt.
  8. Mix and serve.

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