Minestrone Al  Pesto( Vegetable Soup With Pesto)
By: Cardassiana
Published: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 3:28am

Ingredients




2 leeks
1 carrot
1 celery stalk
2 potatoes
oil
a vegetable bouillon cube
parmesan cheese
pesto

Preparation

1 Cut the leeks into  rings. 2 Peel the carrots and celery and cut them into pieces. 3 Then put leeks , carrot and celery in a saucepan with  oil to  brown them. 4 Slice the potatoes. 5 Put them in the saucepan . 6 Cover with water and add the vegetable bouillon cube. 7 Then, prepare the pesto 8 A bunch of basil 9 A handful of pine nuts 10 A clove of garlic 11 Parmesan 12 Wash the basil leaves and place in the  blender, add the pine nuts, garlic and cheese, you can also add oil to blend better. 13 When it 's ready throw it directly into the soup. 14 Cook for ,at least ,an hour and a half. 15 Then with the immersion blender , blend partially, the soup . 16 Leave  intact at least half of the vegetables. 17 Sprinkle with some parmesan.