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Ingredients
- 150 g dried borlotti beans (see Tips)
- 1950 water, plus extra to soak
- 100 g Parmesan cheese, cut into pieces (3 cm), reserve the rind (optional - see Tips)
- 1 onion (150 g), cut into pieces
- 1 tomato, cut into pieces
- 1 celery stalk, cut into pieces
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 fresh long red chilli, deseeded and cut into halves
- 200 g speck, cut into cubes (1 cm)
- 20 g extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
- 1 tbsp Vegetable stock paste or Chicken stock powder (see Tips)
- 200 g tomato passata
- sea salt, to taste
- 200 g ditalini pasta
- 1 - 2 stalks kale, roughly chopped
- dried chilli flakes, to serve
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1498.2 kJ / 356.7 kcal
- Protein
- 21.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 37.7 g
- Fat
- 11.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 4.3 g
- Fibre
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 963.8 mg
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