French Pistou soup: a healthy, comforting and super flavorful vegetable soup. Prepare your favorite Dutch oven to make this delicious stove top soup recipe that is jam packed with veggies.
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Pistou soup is a traditional French recipe from the Southern region called Provence.
Not only is this soup easy to make but everyone will love it. Even those who are not on a "free from" diet!
Well, due to the basil and zucchini used in this recipe, it is a summer recipe. Although autumn has started to kick in France, I still have quite a lot of fresh basil on my balcony and zucchini are still growing in gardens and being sold at the market. So I really wanted to share this recipe with you before the end of the basil and zucchini season.
⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
- A traditional French recipe.
- Easy to make.
- Packed with veggies.
- This recipe is vegan, paleo, whole30 and AIP compliant.
📖 Ingredient notes
- Onion. You can either use yellow or white onion.
- Vegetables. You will need fresh vegetables to make this recipe: carrots, zucchini, celery stalks and leek.
- Olive oil. Make sure to use extra virgin olive oil.
- Basil pesto or basil pistou. You can use my homemade basil pesto recipe to make this soup.
- Short pasta. Make sure to use grain free pasta if you are on AIP or paleo. Omit if you are on whole30.
- Herbs. Bay leaf and thyme. You can either use fresh or dried herbs.
- Optional ingredient : precooked or canned red beans (omit if you are on AIP, paleo or whole30)
For the quantities and complete list of ingredients for this French pistou soup recipe, please see the recipe card below.
🥣 Equipment
To make this French Pistou soup, you will need a Dutch oven.
🔪 Step by step instructions
- Peel and dice the onion and make it sweat on medium heat in the olive oil in a Dutch oven.
- In the meantime, peel and slice the carrots. Wash the leek, celery stalks and zucchini carefully. Cut all the vegetables into bite size. Transfer them to the Dutch oven along with the thyme, bay leaf and pinch of salt. Pour the water (or broth) on the whole thing. Cover the Dutch oven.
- Let it cook for about 30 minutes.
- Add the optional red beans and noodles. Let the noodles cook according to instructions written on the package, probably around 5 to 10 minutes (this might change slightly from one brand to another and depending on the type of noodles you are using). Add the pistou/pesto to the soup right before serving. And voilà.
💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Pistou (pronounced peestoo) is the French version of the famous Italian sauce called Pesto. Pistou and pesto are two pretty similar sauces (well Provence and Italy are very close). The French traditional pistou differs slightly from the Italian pesto: it has no pine nuts and no parmesan (which is an italian cheese).
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📋 Recipe / Recette
French Pistou Soup (AIP, paleo, vegan)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 leek
- 1 onion
- 2 large carrots
- 1 medium zucchini
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 L (4 cups) water (or vegetable stock)
- 4 Tablespoons basil pistou/pesto (you can check my recipe here)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig of thyme
- pinch of salt
Optional ingredients
- 100 g (1 cup) short pasta (make sure to use grain free pasta if you are on AIP or paleo and omit if you are on whole30 )
- 100 g (1 cup) precooked or canned red beans (omit if you are on AIP, paleo or whole30)
Instructions
- Peel and dice the onion and make it sweat on medium heat in the olive oil in a Dutch oven.
- In the meantime, peel and slice the carrots. Wash the leek, celery stalks and zucchini carefully. Cut all the vegetables into bite size. Transfer them to the Dutch oven along with the thyme, bay leaf and pinch of salt. Pour the water (or broth) on the whole thing. Cover the Dutch oven.
- Let it cook for about 30 minutes.
- Add the optional red beans and noodles. Let the noodles cook according to instructions written on the package, probably around 5 to 10 minutes (this might change slightly from one brand to another and depending on the type of noodles you are using). Add the pistou/pesto to the soup right before serving. And voilà.Bon appétit !
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