Make The Silver Spoon’s chestnut soup

Ingredients

• 100g pearl barley
• 100g lentils
• 100g dried peas
• 100g dried cannellini beans
• 100g dried chickpeas
• 100ml olive oil
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 clove garlic, peeled but whole
• 4 sage leaves
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 400g fresh chestnuts, shelled and peeled
• Salt
• pepper
• 6-8 slices bread, toasted
• Olive oil, for drizzling
• Chopped chilli pepper (optional)