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Bacon and Vegetable Soup.

Course: Soup    Cuisine: Italian 

Servings: 6 

 Ingredients

·         500 g chopped vegetables 

• ( 1x zucchini, 2x carrot, 2 sticks x celery, 6x mushroom)
• ½ teaspoon of  chilli flakes instead of celery 

·         1 brown onion quartered

·         2 cloves of garlic peeled

·         60 g diced shortcut bacon (about 3 pieces)

·         20 g olive oil 2 tablespoons

·         1 litre liquid stock

·         140 g tomato paste

·         black pepper to taste

·         80 g small shell pasta optional (1 cup)

·         lemon zest and chopped parsley for serving

Instructions

Into big pot Add Olive oil, onion, garlic, chilli and bacon cook until onion is soft (5mins)

Dice your vegetables of choice

Add stock and diced vegetables to pot, Bring pot to boil then simmer for 30mins

Return to boil and Add Pasta cook for 7 minutes.

Serve with grated lemon zest and chopped parsley.

Nice with some toasted sourdough bread ….