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Soup au Pistou Recipe
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Soup au Pistou Recipe

20 ingredients 240 min + 60 min Serves 8 - 12. openrecipes
Soup au Pistou Recipe

A soup I made for a camping trip to the Sonoma coast - lots of beans, vegetables, and stellette pasta. Tiny stars under the stars, with a good dollop of pistou for each bowl.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

706
Calories
23g
Protein
25g
Fat
101g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Gruyere Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Bean not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Chard not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound / 16 oz / 450 g dried flageolet beans, soaked for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, then drained
  • 1/4 cup / 60 ml olive oil
  • 4 medium onions, chopped
  • 2 medium leeks, trimmed and chopped
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 12 cups / 3 liters water
  • 1 28-ounce can, whole tomatoes, well drained, chopped
  • 4 medium yellow potatoes, chopped
  • 1 bouillon cube, optional
  • 1/4 pound / 4 oz. stellette (tiny star) pasta, or other small pasta
  • 3 small zucchini, chopped
  • 1/2 cup (a big handful) chard stems, finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
  • Pistou
  • 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
  • scant 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 4 1/2 cups / 2 oz / 60 g basil leaves, torn into small pieces
  • 1 tomato (from above), well chopped
  • 1/4 cup / 60 ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup / 2 oz / 60 g grated aged Gruyere cheese

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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