This is one of my favourite meals to make. It is healthy and pretty balanced. You get lots of kale, which is considered one of the super-foods in terms of nutrients, hearty cheese tortellini, beans for protein and of course pancetta. I hardly ever make a soup that doesn’t start with bacon of some sort. If you can’t find pancetta (or don’t have the inclination to look for it) you can use regular bacon. I get pancetta from the deli counter at the grocery store. I ask for thick slices but if they don’t have it at the counter I do buy the thinly sliced pre-packaged stuff. Don’t get the pre-cubed pancetta – I bought that once and it was awful. The pieces were tough and the taste was terrible. Unless you are vegetarian, don’t skip the bacon – it gives the soup such great depth of flavour.
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