French cuisine · Soups & Stews

Soupe au Pistou

Provençal vegetable soup with basil paste and white beans.

Ingredients · for 6 servings

• 300 g white beans
• 200 g green beans
• 2 courgettes
• 3 carrots
• 2 potatoes
• 2 tomatoes
• 150 g small pasta
• 2 bunches of basil
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 100 g Parmesan
• 150 ml olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

1. Simmer the white beans for 40 minutes until tender.
2. Dice the remaining vegetables, add them and cook for 20 minutes.
3. Add the pasta and cook until al dente.
4. For the pistou, crush the basil, garlic, Parmesan and olive oil into a paste in a mortar.
5. Ladle the soup into bowls and stir a spoonful of pistou into each one, do not boil it.