Winter minestrone with pesto croûtes recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 100g unsmoked lardons or chopped streaky bacon
• 2 large carrots chopped
• 2 sticks celery chopped
• 1 medium potato chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped or crushed
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1l vegetable stock (from granules or a cube)
• 2 tsp chopped sage leaves, or 1 tsp dried
• few cabbage leaves, shredded
• 400g can haricot bean
• handful chopped parsley
• slices of crusty bread
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp pesto