Minestrone - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (2 lb.) beef soup bone
2 lb. shin beef, cut up
4 qt. water
1 1/2 lb. tomatoes, peeled
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
2 medium onions, cut up
1/4 c. chopped parsley
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 Tbsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. basil leaves, crushed
2 c. sliced carrots
2 c. sliced celery
4 c. uncooked shells or macaroni
2 pkg. Italian green beans
10 oz. peas
1 lb. can red kidney beans

Preparation

Place soup bone and beef in large pot (8 quart).
Add water; bring to boil; skim.
Add tomatoes, sauce, onions, parsley, garlic, salt, pepper and basil; bring to boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
Add carrots and celery; cover and simmer 1/2 hour. Remove meat and bones; trim fat off meat and discard.
Cut meat into pieces and return to soup.
Heat to boiling; add uncooked pasta, green beans and peas.
Simmer 20 minutes.
Stir in kidney beans; heat to boiling.
Makes about 6 quarts.