French

Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou)

Name: Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 carrots, diced; 2 small zucchini, diced; 8 oz green beans, trimmed and cut into pieces; 2 medium waxy potatoes, diced; 1 15 oz can canned white beans, drained and rinsed; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 6 cups vegetable broth; 1 cup small dried pasta (vermicelli or small shells); 3 garlic cloves; 1.5 cups fresh basil leaves; 1/3 cup olive oil, for the pistou; 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

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Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou) is French home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

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Watch how to cook Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou)

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Gluten	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 410 kcal
Protein: 13 g
Carbs: 46 g
Fat: 19 g
Fiber: 7 g
Sugar: 5 g
Sodium: 810 mg
Saturated fat: 4 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Soupe au Pistou (Provencal Vegetable and Bean Soup with Basil Pistou) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.