Minestrone with Cookeo is a warm and comforting dish perfect for every season of the year, as the contents of the minestrone can vary from season to season depending on what vegetables the garden offers!
I love preparing minestrone with fresh vegetables, even though I don’t always have those from my dad’s garden available, but frozen minestrone is more convenient because the vegetables are already cleaned, washed, and diced, preparing minestrone with Cookeo with fresh vegetables is definitely better!
With the Cookeo, you’ll have the minestrone ready in just a few minutes! Ready to prepare it with my recipe?
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Pressure cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 7 oz Swiss chard
- 5 oz pumpkin
- 3 potatoes
- 3 carrots
- 2 zucchini
- 1 leek
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
Tools
- 1 Cookeo
Steps
To prepare the minestrone with Cookeo, you must first wash all the vegetables thoroughly from any impurities.
Take the leek, remove the ends, the first outer leaf, and then cut it into rather thin rings.
Peel the onion, remove the ends, and chop it into small pieces.
Remove the ends of the zucchini, cut it first in half lengthwise and then in half again. Now cut into small pieces.
Peel the potatoes, wash them, and cut them into cubes about 1/2 inch.
Wash the Swiss chard, squeeze it, remove any bad leaves, and chop it finely.
Do the same with carrots and pumpkin, cut everything into cubes after removing the skin.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half, or if you have a large tomato, dice it.
Pour a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil into the Cookeo, add all the chopped vegetables inside and cover with water.
Adjust the salt, close the lid with the valve, and set the manual function, pressure cooking for 20 minutes.
Start cooking, and as soon as it is ready, let it vent safely, and when it allows you to open the Cookeo, serve the minestrone hot.
If you wish, you can blend everything to obtain a delicious velouté.
STORAGE
Store the minestrone with Cookeo in the fridge, closed in an airtight food container, for up to 3 days.
You can freeze the minestrone for up to 3 months if desired.
