Minestrone - Margaret Fulton's

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb shin beef, with bone
• 5 quarts water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons salt
• 1 cup dried kidney beans
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
• 1/2 lb steak, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 2 cups cabbage, shredded
• 1 1/2 cups carrots, diced
• 3 1/2 cups tomatoes, canned
• 1 1/2 cups spaghetti, broken into pieces
• 1 cup peas, frozen
• parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 the day before required, put shin of beef on bone, water and beans into a large saucepan. bring to boil, skim. cover and simmer for 3 hours.
• 2 cool and chill.
• 3 next day saute garlic, onion, parsley, minced steak and pepper in oil until the onion is tender.
• 4 skim off fat from stock. remove bone, cut off meat. return meat to stock with the onion mixture, celery, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and salt.
• 5 simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
• 6 add spagetti and peas and cook for about another 15 minutes.
• 7 check seasoning to taste.
• 8 serve and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.