Jane de Graaff minestrone soup recipe | minestrone soup | vegetable soup | easy minestrone - 9Kitche

Ingredients

• 2 rashers streaky bacon (or some leftover ham or prosciutto)
• 2 onions, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 3 sticks celery, diced
• a big wedge of pumpkin, diced
• 1 small sweet potato, diced
• winter greens of your choice, optional (cabbage or kale etc.)
• handful of green beans, topped, tailed and cut into smaller pieces
• olive oil
• heel of parmesan, optional
• 2 tablespoons of pesto, optional
• 1 x 400g tin of tomatoes
• 1 x 400g tin of beans (I use borlotti)
• 1L veg stock (or chicken if you prefer)
• pasta of your choice (about ¾c up) - I use one broken up lasagne sheet
• breadcrumbs (cubes of old bread)
• salt
• sesame seeds
• chilli flakes
• garlic powder