What she’d tell you
The name means reboiled, because it was always made from yesterday's soup and yesterday's bread. The bread does not go on top: it goes in, and it disappears, and it is what makes the whole thing.
What you need
Written for 6. Change that in the app and the amounts follow.
Tick things off as you get them ready.
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How it goes
Soften the finely diced onion, carrot and celery in 3 tbsp of the oil for 12 minutes.
Add the garlic and oregano for a minute, then the tomatoes, and cook 5 minutes.
Add the stock, the shredded cabbage and one tin of the beans, and simmer 20 minutes.
Blitz the second tin of beans with a ladle of the broth and stir it in.
Tear the bread into chunks, stir it through, and cook 8 minutes until it has all but dissolved.
Take it off the heat, rest it 10 minutes, and pour the last of the olive oil over each bowl.
If you haven’t got it
Cabbage
cavolo nero is traditional; kale or any dark green works
Stale Bread
nothing: the bread is the dish. Without it this is minestrone.
Keeping it
Four days in the fridge, and it is named after being reheated.
A pan with a splash of stock. Freezes for three months.
