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Bol de soupe au pistou provençale avec haricots coco, courgettes, carottes et petites pâtes, une cuillerée de pistou vert dessus, à côté d'un mortier et de feuilles de basilic
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Provençal soupe au pistou

A summer vegetable soup with white and red coco beans, green beans, courgettes, potatoes, carrots and small pasta, served with a homemade pistou of basil, garlic and olive oil.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings : 6 servings
Course : Main course, soup
Cuisine : French
Calories : 390
Ingredients Préparation Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g fresh shelled white coco beans or 400 g from a jar, drained
  • 200 g fresh shelled red coco (borlotti) beans or 400 g from a jar, drained
  • 200 g green beans
  • 2 courgettes
  • 2 potatoes
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 100 g small pasta macaroni or vermicelli
  • 2 l water
  • 50 g basil leaves for the pistou
  • 3 cloves garlic for the pistou
  • 100 ml olive oil for the pistou
  • 60 g grated Parmesan or aged Gruyère optional, to serve
  • salt and pepper

Préparation
 

  1. Peel the onion, carrots and potatoes and cut them into small dice. Top and tail the green beans and cut them into pieces. Dice the courgettes and chop the tomatoes.
  2. Put the water, coco beans, onion, carrots and potatoes in a large pot. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 30 minutes.
  3. Add the green beans, courgettes and tomatoes. Cook for 15 minutes more, then add the pasta and cook for another 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Meanwhile, make the pistou: pound the garlic with a pinch of coarse salt in a mortar, add the basil little by little, then pour in the olive oil in a thin stream while you keep pounding.
  5. Off the heat, ladle the soup into bowls and add a spoonful of pistou to each. Serve the grated cheese on the side.

Notes

With dried coco beans, soak them overnight and pre-cook them for 45 minutes before you start. Always add the pistou off the heat, just before serving. To freeze, keep the soup without pistou.