Pasta Patate e Provola

Method

1. Place celery, carrot, onion, extra virgin olive oil, and finely chopped guanciale in the bottom of a pot.
2. Add the potatoes, cut into cubes and previously soaked in water.
3. Add vegetable broth.
4. Prepare mixed pasta by breaking ziti, fettuccine, spaghetti into pieces; also use small pasta like lumachine.
5. When the potatoes begin to break down, add the mixed pasta.
6. Add more broth and continue cooking.
7. Season with a couple of handfuls of salt, two teaspoons of tomato concentrate, and a pinch of chili pepper.
8. Cook for about 20 minutes until creamy and the pasta is al dente.
9. Add toasted black pepper.
10. Cut smoked provola into strips.
11. Turn off the heat and add the provola, mixing well.
12. Finish with grated zest of an unwaxed lemon.