The River Cafe's winter minestrone recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 medium carrots roughly chopped
• 1 large red onion coarsely chopped
• 1 head of celery coarsely chopped, keeping the leaves
• 1 head of garlic cloves peeled
• 1kg Swiss chard leaves shredded and stalks roughly chopped
• a good handful of parsley finely chopped
• 400g can peeled plum tomatoes drained of most of their juices, roughly chopped
• 1kg cavolo nero stalks removed, leaves shredded (or savoy cabbage)
• 410g can cannellini beans drained and rinsed
• about 700ml boiling chicken or vegetable stock
• a few sprigs of winter herbs such as thyme or sage, chopped
• freshly grated parmesan or vegetarian alternative
• extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling