South Tyrolean bean soup

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g beans, green
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 onions
• 500 g carrot(s)
• 400 g potatoes
• 1 stalk(s) leek
• 1 zucchini
• 2 tbsp savory
• 100 g lean bacon
• Salt
• pepper
• 1 ½ liters vegetable broth
• olive oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

Cut the bacon into small cubes. Wash the beans, trim the ends, and halve them. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Finely slice the leeks. Peel and eighth the onions, and peel and slice the carrots. Halve the zucchini and thinly slice them. Heat the olive oil in a large pot and fry the bacon cubes in it. Sauté the onions until translucent. Then add the leek and continue sautéing. After 3-5 minutes, add the beans and savory and sauté for another 5 minutes. Then add the remaining vegetables and the potatoes, sauté briefly, season with salt and pepper, and then pour in the vegetable stock. Let everything simmer for an hour.