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Soupe au pistou with garlic croutons

Serves 4 | Preparation time: 30-45 minutes (excluding soaking the beans for 24 hours)
| Cooking time: 45 minutes

What you’ll need:

Ingredients

For the soupe

200g dry white butter beans
2 Tbsp (30ml) olive oil
1 large onion, roughly chopped

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
3 small courgettes, diced small
4 medium patty pans, diced small
200g seeded butternut squash, diced small
1 fennel bulb, diced small
400g fresh, ripe, blanched, peeled, seeded and chopped tomato
1 bouquet garni

700ml chicken or vegetable stock
50g elbow macaroni or any small pasta
Salt
Freshly ground pepper

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