Mama Teresa's Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 ½ tablespoons fresh basil
• 1 ½ tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 ¼ teaspoons coarse gray sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 large yellow-fleshed potato such as Yukon Gold (1/2 lb)
• 2 medium zucchini (3/4 lb total)
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 1 celery rib
  • 3 ½ cups water
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 6 ounces plum tomatoes
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

Cut a shallow X in bottom of each tomato with a sharp paring knife and blanch tomatoes in a 2- to 3-quart saucepan of boiling water 20 seconds. Transfer tomatoes with a slotted spoon to a cutting board and, when cool enough to handle, peel, beginning from scored end, with knife, then seed and cho...

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