Lamb And Tuscan Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 600 g ground lean lamb
• 1 medium onion
• 2 carrots, fresh, coarsely chopped
• 1 celery rib, trimmed, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 800 g canned tomatoes, chopped
• 400 g cannellini beans, rinsed, drained
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 300 g fresh spinach
• 200 g fresh green beans

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
• 2 add lamb mince, onions, carrots and celery.
• 3 cook, stirring occasionally until onions are translucent.
• 4 add stock, tomatoes, cannellini beans, garlic, thyme and fennel.
• 5 bring to the boil.
• 6 reduce heat to low, cover. simmer for 5 minutes.
• 7 stir in spinach and green beans and simmer for a further 10min or until vegetables are tender.
• 8 season with salt and pepper.