skinnymixer's Bacon and Vegetable Soup

5 from 10 votes

This quick, delicious Thermomix Soup recipe features in The Healthy Mix Cookbook and was one of the original Skinnymixers recipe on the blog.

Prep Time7

Cook Time25

Total Time32

Course: Soup

Cuisine: Italian

Servings:

Calories: 136kcal

500 g chopped vegetables zucchini, carrot, celery, mushroom
1 brown onion quartered
2 cloves of garlic peeled
60 g diced shortcut bacon
20 g olive oil
2 tbsp stock concentrate + 1000 g or 35.3 oz water or 1 litre or 33.8 fl oz liquid stock
140 g tomato paste
black pepper to taste
80 g small shell pasta optional - omit for grain free, LCHF or Keto version
lemon zest and chopped parsley for serving

If you want your vegetables to be uniform, dice as desired - otherwise add roughly chopped vegetables to mixer bowl and chop for 5 sec/speed 4/MC on. Set aside.
Without washing the bowl, add onion and garlic, chop for 5 sec/speed 5/MC on.
Scrape bowl down, add oil and diced bacon. Cook for 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
Add stock concentrate, water, reserved vegetables, tomato paste and black pepper. Cook for 13 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/reverse/MC on.
Add pasta if using and cook for 7 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC on.
Serve with grated lemon zest and chopped parsley.

The nutritional information for this recipe includes the pasta.

Bellini Users

Use blunt blade with this recipe.

At step 1 chop for longer if required.

At step 5 check pasta is done and extend cooking time if necessary.