Seasonal Veg Conchigliette Soup
Conchigliette

Seasonal Veg Conchigliette Soup

A clean, brothy soup with carrot, fennel and celery, and the pasta cooked straight in it. Cavolo nero in at the end and bread on the side.

Caitlin Fitzpatrick

Feeds: 4
35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200g Conchigliette
  • 3 carrots

  • 1 large brown onion

  • 1/2 fennel bulb

  • 2 cloves of garlic

  • 1 litre vegetable stock

  • Olive oil

  • Black pepper

  • Salt

  • 6-8 stems cavolo nero (chunky stalks removed)

  • 3 sticks of celery

Conchigliette

Conchigliette

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Method

1

Heat a generous amount of olive oil in a heavy based saucepan.

2

Finely chop the carrots and celery and fry for approximately 6 minutes until they have started to soften and keep stirring often.

3

Finely slice the onion and fennel then add to the pan for a further 5 minutes, keep stirring.

4

Season well with salt and black pepper, turn down the heat and add in the minced garlic. Fry for a further couple of minutes until the garlic is fragrant.

5

Add in the vegetable stock and bring up to the bubble.

6

Cook for roughly 10 minutes until the chunky veg is tender.

7

Add in the conchigliette making sure all of the shells are covered by the stock - cook for 8-10 minutes until the pasta is al dente.

8

When you’re ready to serve add in the torn Cavolo Nero stems until gently wilted, this will only take a couple of minutes.

9

Serve with crusty bread and enjoy!

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