Pistou Soup
This amazing soup contains pasta, bacon, onions, garlic, tomatoes, carrot, courgettes, black eye peas, basil, garlic and parmesan! It is packed with fabulous flavours and is really filling!
Ingredients
For the soup:
- 75g spaghetti, broken into half inch pieces
- 25ml olive oil
- 100g bacon lardons
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 2 plum tomatoes, diced
- 1 leek, sliced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 courgette, diced
- 100g frozen peas
- 100g black eye peas, drained
- 250ml water
- 1 thick slice of bread, cubed
- Salt and pepper
For the Pistou:
- 2 large bunches basil
- 1 garlic clove
- 25g grated parmesan
- 100ml olive oil
Method
Cook the spaghetti as per pack instructions, then drain.
Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the bacon lardons, onions and garlic then fry in the oil for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the remaining vegetables then the water and cook for 5 minutes.
To make the pistou: put all the ingredients into a food processor and blitz to a paste. To finish the soup, add the spaghetti, bread and seasoning. Stir in the pistou and serve drizzled with extra olive oil if desired.
Ingredients
For the soup:
- 75g spaghetti, broken into half inch pieces
- 25ml olive oil
- 100g bacon lardons
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 2 plum tomatoes, diced
- 1 leek, sliced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 courgette, diced
- 100g frozen peas
- 100g black eye peas, drained
- 250ml water
- 1 thick slice of bread, cubed
- Salt and pepper
For the Pistou:
- 2 large bunches basil
- 1 garlic clove
- 25g grated parmesan
- 100ml olive oil
Method
Cook the spaghetti as per pack instructions, then drain.
Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the bacon lardons, onions and garlic then fry in the oil for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the remaining vegetables then the water and cook for 5 minutes.
To make the pistou: put all the ingredients into a food processor and blitz to a paste. To finish the soup, add the spaghetti, bread and seasoning. Stir in the pistou and serve drizzled with extra olive oil if desired.
