Autumn Minestrone

Ingredients

• 200 g dried beans, soaked overnight
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tomato, lightly crushed
• 1 potato, peeled
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil
• 4 slices of smoked pancetta, cut into strips
• 1 red onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• a bunch of fresh basil
• 500–700 g canned tomatoes in their juice
• 1 zucchini or eggplant, diced
• a quarter head of broccoli or cauliflower, finely chopped
• 200 g chopped spinach
• 600 ml stock (meat or mushroom)
• 60 g dried pasta