Minestrone soup — Il Globo

Ingredients

• 1 brown onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• 4 celery stalks, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 slices pancetta or short cut bacon
• 1 zucchini, diced
• ¼ pumpkin, finely diced
• 2 corn cobs, cooked and cut from the cob
• 1 tin butter beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 4 stalks thyme
• 1 tin crushed tomatoes
• 1 – 1.5 L chicken stock
• 1 cup macaroni or small pasta
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Grated parmesan and parsley, for garnishing