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Genovese-style minestrone

Genovese-style minestrone

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A traditional Genoese minestrone, served warm with Ligurian pesto and scucuzzù pasta.

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Recipe from Pietrodn, Twice25, Xaura and 4 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Genovese minestrone is a typical dish from Ligurian cuisine, and specifically from Genoa. Its ingredients are simple, readily available natural products such as vegetables and legumes: potatoes, beans, zucchini, cabbage, spinach, eggplant, and pasta (such as scuzzù, braciole, or fettuccine), as well as the essential pesto.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting15 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodcooking over a fire
  • Estimated cost$10.83 $2.71 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.90
  • $0.85
  • $0.70
  • $2.81
  • $0.12
  • $0.26
  • $0.15
  • $1.75
  • $2.53
  • $0.40
  • $0.36

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the vegetables and chop them into small pieces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Slowly cook the vegetables in water with a pinch of salt.
  3. When the vegetables start to soften, add the wood shavings to the same pot. ≈ 3 min
  4. Once the dough is cooked, add a small amount of pesto and a drizzle of oil paint. Mix everything together. ≈ 4 min
  5. Serve the minestrone warm in small bowls. ≈ 2 min
  6. To accompany, serve with Vermentino. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Genovese-style minestrone

  • 500 g of ground apples$0.90
  • 300 g of zucchini$0.85
  • 300 g of curly kale$0.70
  • 1 head of curly cabbage$2.81
  • A stalk of celery$0.12
  • carrot$0.26
  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 1 eggplant$1.75
  • A handful of spinach$2.53
  • 50 g of pesto$0.40
  • Extra virgin olive oil, preferably from the Liguria region.$0.36

Total$10.83

that's $2.71 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 500 g of ground apples
  • 300 g of borlotti beans
  • 300 g of zucchini
  • 300 g of curly kale
  • 1 head of curly cabbage
  • A stalk of celery
  • carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 1 eggplant
  • A handful of spinach
  • 200 g of scuzzù pasta (or braciole or fettuccine)
  • 50 g of pesto
  • Extra virgin olive oil, preferably from the Liguria region.

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