Ingredients
- 60 g Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm), rind reserved (optional - see Tips)
- 200 g leftover bread, cut into slices
- 4 garlic cloves
- 70 g unsalted butter
- 1 onion (150 g), cut into pieces
- 1 tomato, cut into pieces
- 1 celery stalk, including leaves, cut into pieces
- 1 carrot, cut into pieces
- 1 bunch kale, stalks roughly chopped; leaves reserved separately (150-200 g leaves), cut into fine slices
- 200 g bacon, cut into cubes (1 cm - see Tips)
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil
- 900 g water
- 1 tbsp Vegetable stock paste (see Tips)
- 200 g tomato passata (see Tips)
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary (whole)
- 1 cinnamon quill
- 400 g canned cannellini beans, rinsed and drained (approx. 250 g after draining - see Tips)
- sea salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
