Minestrone (Italian) recipe (VIDEO)

Minestrone (Italian) recipe
How to make Minestrone (Italian)

Ingredients
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 onions, diced
8 garlic cloves, each cut into 3–4 pieces
1 celery heart including the pale, tender leaves, sliced
2 large or 4–5 smaller carrots, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 cups roughly chopped savoy cabbage
2 bay leaves
1 cup fresh flageolet beans, or other fresh (or cooked dried) beans
350 g waxy potatoes such as desiree, peeled and diced
200 g tinned Italian tomatoes, crushed
100 g carnaroli rice
salt
150 g spinach, roughly chopped
1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
60 g parmesan rind, cut into 1 cm cubes
freshly ground black pepper
freshly grated parmesan to serve