Minestrone recipes

Name: Minestrone recipes
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 ounce pancetta chopped; 1 ½ cups green cabbage chopped; 1 cup sliced carrots; 1 leek, white part only, cleaned and chopped; ½ cup onion chopped; 2 cloves garlic minced; 1 cup chopped, drained plum tomatoes; 2 quarts chicken stock; ½ cup diced potato; 1 ounce parmesan cheese rind; 3 ounces vermicelli or angel hair pasta, broken into 2 inch pieces (3/4 cup); ¼ cup drained chick peas; ⅓ cup drained kidney beans; ⅓ cup pesto; ½ teaspoon salt or to taste; ¼ teaspoon black pepper or to taste; grated parmesan cheese