Italian Brodo

Ingredients

• 4 chicken legs
• 2 beef shanks (cut into 1" -inch pieces*)
• 1 small ham hock
• 1 medium onion
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 carrot
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1/2 cup fennel stems
• salt (1/2 tsp per L/qt of liquid)
• 1/4 bunch fresh parsley
• 10 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 parmesan rind (optional)
• salt (1 tsp per L/qt of water)
• 8 cups broth
• kosher salt (to taste)
• 1 1/2 cups tortellini (or more, if desired)