Recipe: Appetizing Menestra de Verduras 🌱 Spanish veggie soup or stew

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Menestra de Verduras 🌱 Spanish veggie soup or stew. Great recipe for Menestra de Verduras 🌱 Spanish veggie soup or stew. This is another perfect summer veggie recipe. You don't need all of the veg listed, I make it with any veg I have, it's a great zero waste recipe and makes great use of the veg that's in season or your 'glut'.

You can add or sub any veggies you like to this (green beans work really well).

It can turn into a bit of a fridge clearer at my house!

And I sometimes add a bit of chunked tofu too. "Menestra de verduras" is a wonderful dish, full of fresh vegetables and a bit of Serrano ham.

You can have Menestra de Verduras 🌱 Spanish veggie soup or stew using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Menestra de Verduras 🌱

Spanish veggie soup or stew

1. You need 1 of white or brown onion.

2. It’s 1 of courgette.

3. Prepare 1 of chopped pepper (any colour or selection of coloured peppers).

4. You need A few of muchrooms.

5. It’s A few of peas or beans.

6. It’s 1 handful of seasonal greens.

7. It’s 3 cloves of garlic (crushed it sliced).

8. Prepare 2 of carrots.

9. Prepare 1 of potatoes cubed or sliced (or a few small potatoes.

10. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.

11. Prepare 1 sprig of Rosemary.

12. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of sweet paprika.

13. Prepare A few of olives.

14. You need A few of artichokes.

15. It’s A few of stems of asparagus.

16. You need 1 splash of olive oil.

17. It’s 1 splash of sherry vinegar (can sub for red wine vinegar if you prefer or even white wine).

18. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.

19. Prepare of Parsley to garnish (optional).

The great thing about this dish is that you can use whatever vegetables are in season at the time.

So, you might want to add or substitute spinach, swiss chard, asparagus, leek or fava beans.

Menestra de verduras is a Spanish dish that cannot be easily classified - on the other hand, some might say that it's very versatile - it can be served as a side dish, a soup, or a stew, depending on the method of preparation.

The dish itself is quite simple - filled with fresh, seasonal vegetables such as asparagus, peas, artichokes, green beans, olives, potatoes, white beans, turnip.

Menestra de Verduras 🌱

Spanish veggie soup or stew instructions

1. Heat a little oil in your pan and slowly sauté the onion until slightly jammy. Add the garlic and sauté for a could of minutes. Add the mushrooms and carrots and artichokes and continue for a further minute or 2..

2. Add a splash of sherry vinegar, paprika and grate the tomatoes into the pan. Add the remaining veggies and beans or lentils if you are using and top with enough water (you can use stock if you prefer) to cover with an inch to spare. Simmer until the veg are cooked. Note: depending on the veg that you are using you can add to the pot in the time it will take them to cook. I add the greens at the very end. Top with a little more water if needed..

3. Serve in a bowl as soup or stew and top with chopped parsley. You could serve as a side dish if you prefer..

But menestra usually means a dish of vegetables, so it's ideal for vegetarians.

A menestra in Asturias can be a thick nutmeg-flavoured soup with artichokes, tiny onions, green beans, fresh broad beans, small potatoes and courgettes.

And because it can get rather cold there, the vegetables are sautéed in lard and snippets of fatty bacon are added.

A healthy menestra de verduras Menestra is a very traditional dish in northern Spain, especially around Navarra or La Rioja, where they grow many of the ingredients needed for this dish.

If you travel to the province of Palencia; however, you can also find the Menestra Palentina, which is a version of the dish that incorporates lamb as well.