Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Summer Vegetable Soup

Summer Vegetable Soup.

You can cook Summer Vegetable Soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Summer Vegetable Soup

1. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
2. It's 1 of onion, chopped.
3. Prepare Leaves of from a couple of sprigs of thyme.
4. You need 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed.
5. It's 2 sticks of celery, chopped.
6. You need 1 of large tomato, chopped.
7. You need 1-2 of carrots, chopped.
8. You need 1-2 of courgettes, chopped.
9. Prepare 150 g of or so green beans, chopped into pieces, 2-3 cm long.
10. It's of Water.
11. You need of Sea salt and pepper.
12. Prepare of For the pistou.
13. It's 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed.
14. You need of Generous pinch of seasalt.
15. It's 40 of + basil leaves.
16. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
17. It's Handful of grated veggie or regular parmesan.

Summer Vegetable Soup instructions

1. Heat the oil on a medium-low heat. Add the onion and sauté for 10 mins..
2. Add the garlic, celery and thyme. Sauté for another couple of mins..
3. Add the tomato, carrot and courgette. Sauté for about 15-20 mins. The vegetables need to be soft but not too soft..
4. This is a good time to make the pistou: bash the basil leaves and olive oil together. Use a mortar/ pestle or just bash in a bowl with the back of a spoon. Add the salt and the parmesan. Combine..
5. Back to the soup: cover the vegetables with water and add the beans. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins. Season..
6. When the soup is ready, serve with a generous dollop of the pistou on top. Enjoy 😋.