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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make the pistou: mix in the food processor the 1st 3 pistou ingredients until smooth, adding the extra virgin oil last. | 2. To make the soup: if using dried haricot beans,place in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a hard boil for 10 mins and drain. Place the par-boiled beans, or fresh beans if using, in a saucepan with the herbes de Provence and one of the garlic cloves. Add water to cover by 2.5 cm./1in. Boil, reduce heat and simmer over a medium low heat until tender, about 20 minuters for fresh breans and about 1 hour for dried beans. Set aside in the cooking liquid. | 3. In a large saucepan or flameproof casserole heat the oil. Add onion and leeks, cook for 5 minutes, stir occasionally, until onion softens. | 4. Add celery, carrots and the other garlic clove and cook, covered for 10 minutes, stirring. | 5. Add potatoes, French beans and water, then season lighlty with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, skim any foam that rises to the surface, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. | 6. Add courgettes, tomatoes and peas together with the reserved beans and their cooking liquid and simmer for 25-30mins, or until all the vegetables are tender. Add the spinach and simmer for 5 minutes. Season the soup and swirl a spoonful of pistou into each bowl. Garnish with basil and serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
broad bean	1 1/2	cups	soaked	-	-	-	-
herbes de provence	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
leek	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
celery rib	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
carrot	2		diced	104.96	24.5248	2.3808	0.6144
potato	2		diced	-	-	-	-
french bean	4	ounces		388.955	72.6994	21.3302	2.2906
water	5	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
pea	1	cup	shelled	41.16	7.399	2.7439999999999998	0.196
courgette	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
tomato	3		peeled seeded chopped	84.87	18.819000000000003	4.428	0.738
spinach leaf			cut	-	-	-	-
salt black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
basil	1	sprig		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	1 -2		chopped	-	-	-	-
basil leaf	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	4	tablespoons	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
extra virgin olive oil	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.