Meatball Minestrone Soup With Chilli Basil Pesto Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 500g pork and veal mince
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed, plus extra 2 cloves, crushed
• 2 Tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season
• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 1 large potato, peeled, diced
• 1 large zucchini, cut into half moons
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 400g can diced tomatoes
• 1L chicken stock
• 400g can cannellini beans, rinsed, drained
• 2/3 cup small pasta (such as risoni, small shells or ditalini)
• 1/2 bunch kale, stems removed, leaves roughly chopped
• CHILLI BASIL PESTO
• 2 cups firmly packed basil leaves, plus extra, to serve
• 1 long red chilli, roughly chopped
• 1 cup finely grated parmesan, plus extra, to serve
• 1/2 cup pecans, toasted, cooled
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon rind