Minestrone Soup

1 teaspoon olive oil

1/8 pound salt pork cut into small pieces

1 each garlic clove chopped fine

1 each onion small, chopped

1 each leek diced

1 teaspoon parsley leaves chopped

1 teaspoon basil chopped

1 tablespoon tomato paste

3 each tomatoes peeled, seeded

3 each celery stalk chopped

2 each carrots sliced

2 each potatoes diced

1/4 each cabbage head small, shredded

1 each turnip small

2 each zucchini diced

1 1/2 quarts water

1 x salt to taste

1/2 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground

1 cup pasta elbow macaroni or ditali

6 tablespoons parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated grated