Chilled Minestrone

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dried flageolets, rinsed and picked over; discard cracked ones
• 2 medium onions
• 1 head garlic, cut in half
• One 3/4-ounce bunch marjoram
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
• 6 large pattypan squashes (optional)
• 2 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling (optional)
• 1 large clove garlic, peeled
• 1/2 large, or 1 small, bulb fennel, thinly sliced and chopped
• 3 thin carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick circles
• 1 1/2 quarts Homemade Chicken Stock, or canned low-sodium chicken broth, skimmed of fat
• 1 medium Yukon gold potato, or any other starchy cooking potato, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 large beefsteak tomatoes, blanched, peeled, and coarsely chopped
• 1 ear corn, kernels removed
• 1 to 2 young small zucchini, quartered and cut into 1/3-inch-thick quarter moons
• 1/4 pound mixed fresh green beans, such as wax beans, string beans, and haricots verts, sliced into 1-inch pieces
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice, to taste
• Basil Puree, optional

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