RECIPE NAME Minestrone - Minestra COUNTRY Italy, Slovenia SERVINGS 10 DIFFICULTY 2 AUTHOR E-MAIL marinka@futuretech-sp.si DATE 12-12-2000

INGREDIENTS		PROCEDURE
2 liters water 30 dag cooked beans 1 smoked sausage or 1 cup chopped left over ham 3 tablespoon lard 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tomatoes or 1 cup canned tomatoes, chopped 1 cup peas 2 ribs celery, sliced 2 carrots, cubed or sliced 1 medium potato, diced 1 cup cabbage, shredded 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped salt and pepper to taste 1 cup rice, cooked		Cook sausage or ham in low temperature for 1 hour,mix and add the beans. Heat lard and fry onion and garlic. Add it to beans. Mix and add vegetable and salt and pepper. Simmer for 1 hour stirring occasionally. Finally add cooked rice and peas. Simmer about 15 minutes and serve. You may use macaroni instead of rice, if desired. Sprinkle chopped parley over the soup.