Vegetable and Bean Soup with Pesto: Minestrone alla Genovese Sandwiches with Arugula and Ham: Panini con Rucola e Prosciutto

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Total Time:
50 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
30 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
  • 1 medium zucchini, chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans (ceci or chick peas)
  • 1 (15-ounce) can white beans, cannellini, drained
  • 6 cups chicken stock, available in paper containers on soup aisle
  • 1 cup small, thin egg noodles for soup, any brand
  • 1 box frozen chopped green beans
  • Panini
  • 4 crusty rolls or 8 slices crusty bread
  • 8 ounces, 1/2 pound, robiola or ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup arugula leaves, loosely packed
  • 8 slices prosciutto di Parma

Pesto Genovese:

Directions

Heat a medium soup pot over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan. Add onion, potato and zucchini and season with salt and pepper. Cook 5 or 6 minutes alone, stirring frequently, then add the canned beans and the chicken stock. Cover the pot and bring the soup up to a boil.

Preheat a panini grill or a heavy bottomed pan over medium heat. Build 4 panini: spread roll or bread with a couple ounces of cheese, then top with a few leaves of arugula and 2 slices of prosciutto for each sandwich. Place panini in sandwich press or onto hot, heavy bottomed pan. Top with another heavy skillet or a brick wrapped in foil to press sandwiches. Press sandwiches until crisp on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

When the soup is at a boil, remove the lid. Stir in the noodles and green beans and reduce heat to low. Simmer soup an additional 5 to 6 minutes then remove it from the heat.

Combine basil, garlic, nuts and cheese in the food processor and turn it on. Stream in the extra-virgin olive oil and process until pesto is nearly smooth.

Scrape the pesto into a small bowl. Add a ladle of the soup broth to thin the pesto, then add the pesto to the soup. Stir to combine and serve soup immediately with panini, for dipping.

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  • on September 17, 2010

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    For all sandwiches, pittas and toasts I have a great tip. Cut a tomato in half and rub it on the bread, then use jamon iberico de bellota rather than standard ham or parma. Jamon iberico ?the Spanish name- is also called iberico ham or black hoof. Iberico is really excellent and much more tasty than other hams.
    You can buy your jamon iberico at BuyJamon.com

    BuyJamon.com the market place for iberico ham.

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  • on September 05, 2010

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    I have have been making this soup and the Genovese Sandwiches for over two years now- since the very first time I saw it on 30 Minute Meals and it is a family favorite. I actually made the soup one Christmas Eve for a soup course and my family has requested it every year since! The pesto in the soup is so tasty and the sandwiches with warm goat cheese are such a great compliment! Yum-O!

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  • on August 20, 2010

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    I made this soup for a ladies lunch. One of the women said "don't give me much I am not a soup person", she asked for seconds. The pesto just makes it.

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