French Soupe Au Pistou
This Soupe Au Pistou or Provencal Vegetable Soup is refreshing, healthy and delicious. Great for lunch or light dinner.
Ingredients
For the soup:
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion minced
- 1 medium carrot diced
- 1 medium potato diced
- 1 medium parsnip diced
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 medium zucchini diced
- 1 large tomato diced
- 4 cups vegetable broth* see Note 1
- 1 c frozen green peas
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 4 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese if not vegan
For simple pesto:
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 tablespoon dill chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
To make Pistou Soup:
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and sauté for 4-5 minutes until onion is translucent.
- Stir in potatoes, celery, parsnip, tomato, zucchini and continue sautéing for 3-4 more minutes.
- Add broth, salt and pepper and cook for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Soup should be quite thick.
- Add frozen peas and cook for 3 more minutes.
- Ladle soup into the bowls, top with a tablespoon of dill pesto and sprinkle with grated Parmesan if desired.
To make dill pesto:
- In a small bowl, mix together chopped dill, garlic, olive oil and salt to taste.
Notes
Broth: If you're not vegetarian, feel free to use chicken broth.
Dill Pesto: You can actually make this pesto with any herb you have at home. If you have Basil - great! Arugula - go for it. Kale - also a great choice.