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Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup that is perfect for a cold winter's day and plentiful for large batch of soup.
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Course Soup

Ingredients
  

Meatballs

  • 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup peccorino cheese
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tbsp dried mint
  • 1/2 tbsp parsley
  • 1 lb ground turkey can use any meat of preference
  • salt and pepper to taste

Soup

  • 2 stalks Celery roughly sliced
  • 2 carrots roughly sliced
  • 1 diced onion
  • 3 cloves or garlic smashed
  • 2 tbsp chicken bouillon add more to taste
  • water add as much as you need to fill pot 3/4 of the way
  • 1/2 bunch chopped escarole
  • 1 bunch spinach
  • small pasta like ditalini, acini di pepe, pastina, or mini farfalle

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine breadcrumbs, egg, cheese, milk, mint, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix to combine.
  • Add meat and mix in. Feel the mixture, it should be moist and not overly dry. Set aside while you prep the other ingredients.
  • Roughly slice the celery and carrots. Smash Garlic and dice onions.
  • In a large stockpot, add olive oil. When it gets hot, add celery, carrots and onions. Saute till translucent.
  • To the pot, add chicken bouillon and mix with veggies. Once fully mixed in, add water. Bring water to a boil.
  • While waiting for the water to boil, begin rolling your meatballs. The smaller the better. Set aside.
  • Clean and chop your greens - escarole and spinach. The best greens for this soup is squash leaves (or tenerumi) if you can find.
  • Once water comes to a boil, taste the liquid for seasoning, if needed more salty add more chicken bouillon. Add the meat balls carefully in. Let boil for another 10-15 minutes till meatballs are fully cooked.
  • In a separate pot, add water and chicken bouillon and bring to a boil. Add small pasta and fully cook. I cook it separately so that the soup keeps for a few days.
  • Add greens in and then taste the broth again. Add salt and pepper as necessary. Once the greens have fully wilted within the soup, its ready to serve.
  • Spoon soup into bowl, followed by the pasta, and then top with cheese. Enjoy!

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