Spring minestrone

INGREDIENTS

• 6 heaped tablespoons fresh pesto
• 1.5 litres organic chicken, ham or vegetable stock
• 1 bulb fennel
• 100 g fine asparagus
• 2 Romanesco cauliflowers, or 1 large cauliflower
• 6 baby courgettes
• 6 plum tomatoes
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced
• 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped
• 100 g green beans, finely sliced
• 100 g yellow beans, finely sliced
• 100 g peas, podded
• 100 g broad beans, podded
• 100 g spaghetti, broken-up
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 small handful fresh green or purple basil
• 1 small handful fresh chives