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Minestrone is the ultimate clean-out-the-fridge soup—hearty, comforting, and endlessly adaptable based on what you have on hand. At its core, it’s an Italian vegetable soup, often with beans, pasta, and a tomato-based broth, but no two recipes are exactly alike. This minestrone soup recipe, sent to me by longtime reader Carol Winkelman (thank you, Carol!), has a few standout touches: a bit of butter in the base for extra richness, a quick blitz of beans and veggies to add body to the broth, and a final swirl of olive oil and cheese to bring everything together.
