{"id":225,"date":"2012-10-03T06:30:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2019-01-01T18:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T01:25:28","slug":"pressure-cooker-minstrone-soup-with-basil-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/pressure-cooker-minstrone-soup-with-basil-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Cooker Minestrone Soup with Basil Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT.jpg\" alt=\"Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Minestrone Soup with Basil Pesto in a red bowl\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A hearty Italian soup loaded with vegetables, beans and pasta ready in just 20 minutes. Basil pesto is swirled in at the end of the cooking time to add an extra burst of fresh flavor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I had the pleasure of having lunch at a <a href=\"http:\/\/slcmixers.bigcartel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLC Mixer<\/a> with the founders of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblewasatch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edible Wasatch,<\/a> David Vogel and Rachel Hodson. Edible Wasatch&#8217;s mission is to inspire their readers to support local producers, restaurants and related businesses by voting with their forks. A delicious idea!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-334\" title=\"Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT-2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the recipes they share on Edible Wasatch is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblewasatch.com\/recipes\/item\/40-letty-s-minstrone-soup-with-basil-pesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letty&#8217;s Minestrone Soup with Basil Pesto<\/a> by Letty Flatt, the executive pastry chef for Deer Valley and author of a great cookbook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatesnowball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chocolate Snowball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I adapted the recipe to use what I had on hand and for the electric pressure cooker. Luckily, I had frozen leftover pesto in ice cube trays so I had pesto on hand too. One pesto &#8220;ice cube&#8221; equals one tablespoon of pesto.<\/p>\n<h2>Making\u00a0Minestrone Soup with Basil Pesto in an Instant Pot<\/h2>\n<p>An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers. 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When oil is hot, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, carrots and celery. Keep stirring and cook about 5 more minutes.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"western\">Add the tomatoes, vegetable stock, bay leaves and salt. Lock lid in place, select High Pressure and 5 minutes cook time and start. When timer beeps, turn off pressure cooker and wait 5 minutes, then do a quick pressure release.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"western\">Remove the bay leaves. Add the pasta, spinach and beans. Taste and season with pepper and more salt if needed. Set pressure cooker to Keep Warm setting to hold soup until ready to serve. Stir in the pesto just before serving.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<footer class=\"mv-create-footer\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"mv-create-footer-flexbox\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mv-create-copy\">&copy; Barbara Schieving<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"mv-create-categories\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mv-create-category\"><strong class=\"mv-create-uppercase mv-create-strong\">Category:<\/strong> Soup<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Pressure-Cooker-Minstrone-Soup-with-Basil-Pesto-PCT.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-pin-description=\"\" class=\"mv-create-pinterest no_pin ggnoads\">\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/footer>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatesnowball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letty<\/a> also has a delicious blog,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/muffintalk.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muffin Talk,<\/a> where she shares more great recipes she&#8217;s cooking up. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblewasatch.com\/find-edible-wasatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edible Wasatch<\/a> to \u00a0see where you can pick up a copy of their magazine, or if you don&#8217;t live in the Wasatch area, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblecommunities.com\/content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edible\u00a0Communities<\/a>\u00a0to find out how you can\u00a0support local producers, restaurants and businesses in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>A homemade, hearty Italian soup loaded with vegetables, beans and pasta ready in just 20 minutes. 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