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  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: Serves: 4
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Minestrone Gratinée

Ingredients

  • 1 small zucchini, diced
  • 1 cup diced celery
  • 1 can (28 oz.) tomatoes, undrained and chopped
  • 2 tsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1 can (15 oz.) garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
  • 4 slices French bread, 1/2-inch thick, toasted
  • 1 cup (4 oz.) Sargento® Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
  • 2 Tbsp. (1/2 oz.) Sargento® Artisan Blends™ Shredded Parmesan Cheese
  • Chopped fresh parsley

Directions

  1. Spray large saucepan with nonstick vegetable spray. Cook zucchini and celery over medium heat until tender. Add tomatoes, 2 cups water, sugar and Italian seasoning. Simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Add garbanzo beans; heat 10 minutes.
  2. Place toasted French bread on broiler pan. Top each bread slice with 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese. Place under preheated broiler 5 inches from heat; broil 2 minutes or until cheese melts.
  3. Ladle soup into bowls; top with Mozzarella French bread. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over each serving; top with parsley.

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