Tasty Spring Soup Called "Garmugia" - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups fresh shelled peas (or frozen)
2 cups fresh shelled fava beans (or frozen)
2 cups minced spring onions (replace with scallions if you can't find them)
2 cups asparagus (cut into slices, tips kept whole)
2 cups artichokes (chokes cut into eight wedges, stems peeled and chopped) or 2 cups frozen artichoke hearts
1 -2 lemon (not needed if using frozen artichokes)
1 bowl water (not needed if using frozen artichokes)
13 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
5 ounces minced pancetta
1/2 lb ground veal
2 quarts meat broth
8 slices stale crusty bread
20 sprigs fresh thyme
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
8 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (or more)

Preparation

See how to prepare dish at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z7ARxw835A
If using fresh artichokes, squeeze a lemon (or two) in a bowl of water to keep the artichokes from browning once you've trimmed and cut them.
Prepare all the vegetables and pancetta as described in the list of ingredients above.
Heat the broth and bring to a boil.
Preheat the oven to 430\u00b0F
Saute the spring onions in the oil over medium heat. Let the onions sweat and become translucent (about 5 minutes). Add the pancetta. Let the fat from the pancetta melt. Turn up heat and add the veal. Let veal cook as you stir. When it is no longer pink you can start adding the vegetables.
Drain the artichokes from the lemon water they'd been soaking in and add to pot. Stir them in and let them cook for about a minute. Add all the other vegetables and stir them inches Salt.
Pour the meat broth into the pot and let soup simmer for about 7-10 minutes or until vegetables are just cooked.
In the meantime prepare the croutons. Cut the bread as instructed in the ingredients and place them in an oven tray. Dress them with the leaves stripped off 7 sprigs of thyme, black pepper (10 turns of pepper mill), 3 Tbs olive oil drizzled over them, 1 tsp salt and garlic and toss. Put in a preheated 430\u00b0F oven till croutons get toasted (less than 10 minutes).
When soup is ready strip the leaves off the rest of the fresh thyme over the pot of soup and black pepper (20 turns of pepper mill). Stir.
To serve the soup ladle it into a bowl, top with the croutons, 1-2 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.