🍲 Soups

Soupe au Pistou

A fresh vegetable soup typical of southern France containing a mixture of beans and seasonal vegetables, served with pistou sauce - a mixture of basil, garlic, beans, olive oil. It tastes savory, fragrant and light.

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Time

45 min

Serves

Difficulty

easy

🛒 Ingredients

1 liter of vegetable stock
80 grams of white beans, soaked then boiled until half cooked
1 carrot, diced
1 Potatoes, diced
1 stalk of celery, finely sliced
1 tomato, cut into small pieces
60 grams of green beans, cut into short pieces
50 grams of fresh green beans
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt, pepper and a few fresh thyme leaves
Pistou sauce
1 bunch of fresh basil leaves
2 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon pine nuts/walnuts
3-4 tablespoons olive oil
A pinch of salt

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1
Heat the oil, sauté the celery and carrots, beans, and stock. Cook for 25-30 minutes until everything is soft. Season to taste.
2
Blend all the pistou sauce ingredients until smooth and thick.
3
When ready to serve, stir 1-2 tablespoons of the pistou sauce into the soup, or drizzle it on top. Serve warm.