Chicken Minestrone

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 brown onion, peeled and chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 2 stalks celery, trimmed and chopped
• 400g thinly sliced flat pancetta (see tip)
• 1 x 1.6kg chicken
• 6 sprigs thyme
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 3 litres water
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 x 400g can cherry tomatoes
• sea salt and cracked black pepper
• 2 bulbs baby fennel, chopped
• 100g spaghetti, broken into small pieces
• 1 zucchini (courgette), sliced
• 100g cavolo nero (Tuscan kale) leaves, torn