Barley Minestrone With Pesto

Name: Barley Minestrone With Pesto
Ingredients: 1⁄2 cup pearl barley (soaded for 4 hours and drained); 1 1⁄2 cups green cabbage, roughly chopped; 1 onion, diced; 1 carrot, diced; 1 stalk celery, diced; 1 zucchini, diced; 4 tomatoes, seeded and diced; 1 baking potato, peeled and diced; 1⁄2 cup frozen fava beans (or substitute green peas or baby limas); 1 garlic clove, crushed; 4 cups vegetable stock (or chicken); fresh ground black pepper; For the pesto; 1⁄2-1 cup fresh basil leaf; 2 garlic cloves, crushed