Spring Vegetable Soup

Recipe By: Calphalon Team  -  Originally Published: 10/21/2011

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Spring Vegetable Soup is a meal in itself. It's hearty but not heavy, made with fresh greens and sweet spring carrots. The added pasta in little shapes makes the soup filling and fun. Nutritious broccoli rabe,very common in Southern Italy, is high in vitamins A, C and K and is believed to help the body's natural defenses.

  • Servings: Serves 4-6
  • Prep Time: Less than 30 Minutes
  • Cook Time: Less than 30 Minutes
  • Level: Beginner
  • Course: Soup

Ingredients

1/4-lb. dry pasta like orecchiette or tubettini
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. butter
1 large leek, about 6 inches, thinly sliced (white & tender green part only)
8 cups low sodium vegetable broth
1/2-lb. sugar snap peas, cut in half, on the diagonal
2 cups coarsely chopped broccoli rabe
6 spring carrots, washed and trimmed, cut on the diagonal

Directions

Preheat a 10" fry pan on medium heat until the rim is hot-to-the-touch.  Add the oil and butter and let the butter melt. Swirl the butter into the oil. When the foam from the butter subsides, add the leeks. Saute the leeks until tender and transparent, about 3 minutes.

In a 6-1/2 qt. sauce pot, heat the vegetable broth on medium-high. When broth reaches a gentle boil, add all the ingredients – pasta, leeks, sugar snap peas and broccoli rabe. Continue to heat on a gentle boil for 15-20 minutes.