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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Prepare the Meat Stock: | 2. Place the meat in a large saucepan, add cold water to cover and bring to the boil, bearing in mind that slow cooking and gentle simmering are essential for successful stock. | 3. Skim off any residue that rises to the surface and add the onion, carrots, leeks and celery and season with salt. | 4. Lower the heat and simmer for about 3 and 1/2 hours. | 5. Remove from the heat, strain into a bowl, leave to cool, then chill in the refrigerator. | 6. When the fat has solidified on the surface carefully remove and discard. | 7. Prepare the Rest of Soup: | 8. Bring the stock to the boil in a saucepan. | 9. Heat the olive oil in another pan, add the onion, carrot and celery and cook over a low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until softened. | 10. Add the spinach, season with salt and cook for a few minutes more. | 11. Add the chickpeas and stock and simmer for 30 minutes. | 12. Add the pasta and cook until 'al dente'. | 13. Season with pepper, ladle into a soup tureen, drizzle with olive oil and serve. | 14. Serves 4. | 15. That's it! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2		cut lean	1060.8024	0.0	209.1685	24.3894
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
carrot	2	ounces	chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
leek	3 1/2		trimmed chopped	190.015	44.0773	4.6725	0.9345
celery rib	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
carrot	1		chopped	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
celery rib	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
spinach	9	ounces	chopped	58.6834	9.2618	7.2972	0.9951
chick pea	5	ounces	canned drained	72.165	13.7255	2.83	1.4999
pasta	3 1/2	1/2		68.464	9.9223	1.528	2.2921
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

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