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Vegetable soup

Ingredients

8 cup Chicken broth
1/3 cup Olive oil
1/4 cup Chopped parsley
4 Garlic cloves
1/4 lbs Pancetta or unsmoked bacon
3 cup Shredded cabbage
1 Medium onion, finely chopped
2 Carrots, finely chopped
1 Celery stalk, finely chopped
1 Potato, peeled, chopped
2 Zucchini, finely chopped
1 Large tomato, chopped
1/4 lbs Mushrooms, finely chopped
1/4 lbs String beans finely chopped
4 Pieces prosciutto rind
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

There are as many versions of vegetable soup in italy as there there are cooks.
Pancetta - pancetta is the same cut of pork as bacon.
It is cured with salt and is not smoked.
It comes rolled up like a large salami.
Widely used in italian cooking, especially in emilia-romagna, it is vital to many dishes.
If available, buy a large quantity.
Cut into several pieces and freeze it.
You can substitute domestic bacon for pancetta.
It must be blanched in boiling water for two three minutes to reduce the smoky flavour.
Fresh side pork can also be used.
I"ll be posting several recipes over the next while that call for pancetta, so if you can find some, it won"t go to waste.
Prepare chicken broth (see my previously

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