Green Minestrone with Mint and Pesto

This soup celebrates the vibrant green veg around in early summer. If you–re missing some of them, just use more of the others instead. Riverford Cook Anna uses this recipe when teaching knife skills as all the veg need to be cut into even dice. The mint and the pesto topping really lift the soup, so don–t leave them out; but you can use shop-bought pesto to save time.