Classic minestrone soup | Vegetables recipes | Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

• 4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon
• 2 red onions
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 carrots
• 2 sticks of celery
• 1 bulb of fennel
• ½ a bunch of fresh basil
• olive oil
• 125ml red wine
• 2 courgettes
• 300g savoy cabbage or chard
• 2 x 400g tins of quality plum tomatoes
• 1 x 400g tin of cannellini beans
• 800ml organic chicken or vegetable stock
• 75g dried pasta (shells or odd ends)
• extra virgin olive oil
• Parmesan cheese