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Minestrone Siciliano Recipe

Minestrone Siciliano

Mario Batali

Recipe courtesy Mario Batali

Show: Molto MarioEpisode: Minestrone

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  • on December 29, 2011

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    Awesome recipe! I did not have zucchini, fresh parsley, or peppers. I used jarred roasted peppers, canned tomatoes ( it is December and fresh would not have been good here in MI anyway. I also substituted garbanzo beans for the ham, since my daughter won't eat pig. I had a piece of parsley root in the freezer so I threw that in along with some frozen spinach. The rice sucked up a lot of the broth, so it is more of a stoup, but a delicious one at that for a cold, December day. I would love to try the actual recipe one day, but winging it with I had on hand turned out perfecto!

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  • on August 13, 2009

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    the blend of flavors in this soup is awesome. i used a mix of zucchini and yellow summer squash, the colors were brilliant. i added the aborio rice and went to the pool, so it cooked too long. so instead of a soup it is more of a porridge, which doesn't make me happy, but still tastes delicious! definitely add the parm, but you can skip the extra salt since aborio seems salty.

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  • on July 22, 2009

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    This was really good. I used 1 large can crushed tomatoes instead of fresh and used only 3 cups chicken broth + 3 cups water. I also added noodles, beans and extra carrots. The flavor was excellent.

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  • on March 22, 2009

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    Went to the Farmers Market yesterday and didn't know what to do with all my "great buys"...I remembered this recipe and gave it a try with fresh tomatoes and half yellow squash and half zucchini, utterly awesome...

    This I think is the easiest and best soup I have ever made, I did use a Parmesan rind I had stashed in the freezer, since I live in Florida I started my garden today and can't wait to make this with garden fresh veggies...

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  • on January 20, 2009

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    I didn't have everything on hand, such as the fresh basil, parsley, the rice, and I used roasted red peppers from a jar and diced tomatoes from a can, but either way..AWESOME!
    I'd add more zucchini next time. I added two smaller, but maybe too much of the other goodies made the proportion off balance. Best of all, its pretty quick and very easy! I'll make again.

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  • on July 08, 2008

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    This recipe was easy to prepare and the flavor was great. I used 1 zucchini, 1 yellow squash and green beans instead of just zucchini.

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  • on March 30, 2008

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    This is the first time I tried one of Mario's recipes, it was great very easy to follow. I used a can of diced tomatoes, just like another reviewer did. I also used the rind of my parmesian cheese. I will make this again

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  • on February 26, 2008

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    Wow! This recipe is absolutely fantastic! Don't need to change a thing.

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  • on February 23, 2008

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    I caught the show a few years back, and decided to make this recipe, One problem is I made it to cook slowly and it didnt workout at all. So then I retried it the correct way, and needless to say it worked awesome. Ive made this recipe many many times since, and it works great considering soup is great in the wintertime here in New England. By the way I make mine on the wood stove.

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  • on January 28, 2008

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    This is one delicious soup! Everyone in my family enjoyed it, even my 5-year-old granddaughter. I made it early in the day and then reheated it at dinnertime. I wouldn't change a thing as I think the combination of flavors is perfect. I used Michael Chiarello's method for roasting the peppers (I used yellow ones.

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