pancetta

Pancetta is similar to bacon. It's cut into little pieces. At Fresh and Easy it's in little packages just like the sandwich ham and turkey meats. At the regular grocery store it's probably with the deli meat section or the bacon section. It added a really good taste to the soup. If you can't find it I think you could cut bacon into little tiny pieces before sauteeing it like the first step of the recipe says. (don't use prociutto, that's something different).