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INGREDIENTS
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6 cups chicken, vegetable or beef stock preferably homemade.
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One lamb bone with some meat still attached. (optional and only use with chicken or vegetable stock)
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4 Tbl Olive oil
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1 yellow onion, diced
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4 cloves garlic, sliced
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1/2 cup chopped celery
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1/2 cup chopped carrots
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1 large zucchini or 2 small, diced and with the core removed if large.
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1 russet potato, skin on, diced
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3 ripe tomatoes or 1 can plum, diced.
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2 cups dark greens chopped. (broccoli leaves, kale or collard greens)
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1 cup small white beans (can or fresh soaked overnight)
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1 herb garni (basil, rosemary, parsley, oregano)
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bay leaf.
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1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes.
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1/2 cup pasta (ditalini or shells)
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4 knob unsalted Butter (optional)*
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This is a traditional minestrone except I’ve left out the parmesan cheese and added a lamb bone. I love the flavor lamb imparts, and it matches so well with the rest of the ingredients.
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* knob is the equivalent of one or two Tbl
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