Minestrone | Reader's Digest Australia

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 3–4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 cup (200 g) dried cannellini or borlotti beans, soaked overnight and drained
• 1 can roma tomatoes in juice, about 400 g
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1⅓ cups (200 g) finely diced carrots
• 1 cup (150 g) finely diced swede
• 1 cup (150 g) finely diced celeriac
• 1⅔ cups (250 g) finely diced pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 allspice berries, finely crushed
• 1⅓ cups (200 g) finely diced potatoes
• 1¼ cups (155 g) chopped green beans
• 100 g small pasta shapes, such as farfallini (bows) or conchigliette (shells), or broken–up spaghetti
• 2½ cups (125 g) chopped English spinach
• ⅓ cup (20 g) shredded fresh basil
• salt
• pepper
• ½ cup (50 g) freshly grated parmesan to serve