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Purely American Mama Marino's Minestrone Soup
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During the early 1900’s thousands of Italians immigrated to America and many settled in western Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines. This popular soup is dedicated to grandmother, Minnie Marino, who came to America in the early 1900’s and raised her family in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of Punxsutawney Phil the famous ground hog.
$6.50
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Additions:
1 1/2 qts. cold water
1 qt. chicken stock (fresh or canned)
2-3 Tbl. virgin olive oil
1 ½ c. (one large) onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 e. (2 stalks) celery with leaves, chopped
1 ½ e. (2 medium) fresh carrots, diced
1 c. (1 medium) fresh zucchini, sliced
1-28 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes
8 or. (1 medium) fresh chicken breast
2 to 3 tsp. salt (to your taste)
Mama’s Italian seasoning packet (enclosed)
½ c. dry red wine (Mama used a good Chianti or Merlot)
4 or. (1 medium bunch) fresh spinach, chopped
½ c. parmesan cheese, freshly grated
pasta shells (enclosed)
Cooking Directions:
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Sort through and thoroughly wash beans. Soak beans 4 hours or overnight in water to cover. With Caruso playing in the
background, drain the beans and put them in a large pot with 1 ½ qt. cold water, and chicken stock. Cover and bring beans to boil. Reduce heat to medsum low and cook 1 hour.
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Ten minutes before the beans have completed cooking, heat the olive oil in a large skillet and sauté the onions, garlic, celery and carrots until the onions are soft (4 mm.). Add sauteed ingredients to the cooking beans along with the zucchini, tomatoes (chopped, including all the juice), the chicken breasts, the contents of Mama’s Italian seasoning packet, and salt. Cover and bring soup back to a boil. Immediately turn soup down to medium low and cook 1 hour.
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Add the wine and simmer covered ½ hour. Remove the chicken breasts, discard bones, skin and fat, and dice the meat. Rcrurn chicken to soup. Add the chopped spinach, parmesan cheese and the pasta (enclosed). Cook 5-10 additional minutes. Remove from heat and serve. For best flavor refrigerate overnight.
Vegetarian Version: Omit chicken breast. Use 1 qt. vegetable broth instead of chicken stock.
A great Sunday evening dinner. Serve Mama’s Minestrone with freshly baked loaves of crusty Italian bread, a crisp garden salad, and, of course, Italian ice for dessert.
Serves 8-10. Freezes beautifully.
Ingredients:
Assorted beans & barley. Enriched semolina flour, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamine mononitrate and riboflavini, spray dried tomato, spinach, and beet powders, water, dehydrated carrots, onion, potatoes, peas, tomato flakes, celery flakes, bell peppers, parsley & green beans, premium spices.
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