Type | Soup |
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Course | Primo (Italian course) |
Place of origin | Italy |
Main ingredients | Vegetables (beans, onions, celery, carrots, tomatoes), stock or water, often pasta or rice |
Minestrone (/ˌmɪnəsˈtroʊni/, Italian: [mineˈstroːne]) is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables and beans, and sometimes pasta or rice. It typically includes onions, celery, carrots, leaf vegetables, stock, Parmesan cheese, and tomatoes. Minestrone traditionally is made without meat, but it has no set recipe and can be made with many different ingredients.[1]