Minestrone Soup Recipe - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 85g of macaroni pasta
• 1 onion, cut into 1cm dice
• 1/2 leek, cut into 1cm dice
• 1 celery stick, cut into 1cm dice
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced
• 125g of bacon, cut into 1cm dice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 1 tsp tomato purée
• 300ml of passata
• 1000ml of chicken stock
• 2 courgettes, sliced
• 40g of peas
• 20g of Parmesan
• 8 basil leaves
• 3 tbsp of olive oil
• sea salt
• black pepper