"Minestre" Soups & Creams
Here you can find a lot of recipes about first courses with rice or pasta.
They are made with vegetables and are rich of Mediterranean flavors.
All the dishes are thin soups.
Our original home cooking: vegetable soups and vegetable-and-meat soups
Calabrese broccoli soup on toasts
Vegetable soup, Italian style made with broccoli stewed with tomatoes, leek, capers and olive oil.
Rice and peas (the famous Venetian risi & bisi)
Pea and rice soup that is risi & bisi. Venetian recipe.
Rice, milk and pumpkin
Rice-and-pumpkin soup recipe, typical minestra of Northern Italy. Recipe, menu idea, calories and paired wine.
Savoy cabbage and lentil soup
Italian soup made with savoy cabbage, lentils, mushrooms, pasta and bacon. Calories and paired wines.
Savoy cabbage & beans soup
Savoy cabbage & bean soup. A tasty soup with no pasta full of taste. Healthy eating: low fat and calorie recipe. Vegan recipe.
Soup with broad beans
Soup with broad beans. Recipe, menu planning, calories, matched wine. Ideal for your daily menu.
Traditional Italian soups: vegetable soups and vegetable-and-meat soups
Fregula with clams
Fregola with clams. Traditional Sardinian soup recipe made with local pasta and clams. Calories. Paired wines.
Pasta and beans
Pasta and beans. Italian healthy soup. Mediterranean diet recipe. Calories, Matched wine.
Tuscan ribollita
Authentic ribollita soup recipe, variants included. Recipe, menu ideas, calories, wine to pair and little history.