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Moms Minestrone

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Moms Minestrone

This is less a soup than it is an Italian-American vegetable stew, great on its own but most often eaten more like a vegetable stroganoff or Bolognese, coating the pasta with its thick, rustic, vegetable-and-bean gravy, and finished in the bowl with fresh basil and a dusting of Parmesan and drizzle of olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

  • 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, rinsed and diced

  • 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped

  • 2 teaspoons salt, divided

  • Ground pepper to taste

  • 1 pound potatoes, diced (1/2-inch)

  • 3 medium carrots, sliced 1/4-inch thick

  • 4 celery stalks, sliced 1/4-inch thick

  • 2 medium yellow squash, halved lengthwise and sliced 1/4-inch thick

  • 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced 1/4-inch thick

  • 8 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

  • 1 pound frozen or fresh (shelled) peas

  • 3 ½ cups cooked beans with their cooking liquid clinging to them, such as cannellini and/or kidney beans or 2 (15- ounce) cans beans, drained but not rinsed

  • 4 cups water or 2 cups water and 2 cups homemade chicken stock

  • 1 (2 inch) piece Parmesan rind

  • 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes with juice

  • 1 pound pasta, such as orecchiette or medium shells

  • Roughly torn fresh basil and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano for serving (optional)