Recipe: Appetizing Italian wedding soup

Italian wedding soup. After reading everyone elses reviews this is what I did to make the best Italian wedding soup I've EVER tasted. I used to be intimidated to make Italian Wedding Soup. I have no Italian lineage and my mom never made it growing up, so for whatever reason it seemed easy to mess up.

Italian wedding soup Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meat. This Italian wedding soup recipe is simple to make and the absolute BEST thing to eat! My whole family loves it, and yours will, too. You can cook Italian wedding soup using 18 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian wedding soup

  1. It's of meatballs.
  2. It's 1 of small onion. grated.
  3. It's 1/3 cup of chopped fresh italian parsley.
  4. Prepare 1 of large egg.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of minced garlic.
  6. You need 1 tsp of salt.
  7. Prepare 1 slice of fresh white bread crust trimmed, torn into small pieces.
  8. It's 1/2 cup of grated parmesan.
  9. Prepare 8 oz of ground beef.
  10. Prepare 8 oz of ground pork.
  11. You need 1 of freshly ground black pepper.
  12. Prepare of soup.
  13. You need 12 cup of low sodium chicken broth.
  14. You need 1 lb of curly endive or escarole chopped.
  15. Prepare 2 of large eggs.
  16. It's 2 tbsp of freshly grated parmesan.
  17. Prepare 1 of salt and freshly ground pepper.
  18. It's 1/2 box of acini di pepe pasta.

Calling this "Italian wedding soup" is somewhat of a misnomer since the dish is unrelated to weddings. The name is said to come from the words "minestra maritata," which mean "married soup." Served at every Italian-American wedding across the nation, Italian Wedding Soup is something no self-respecting Italian-American couple would ever think of getting married without it. The whole family loves this Italian wedding soup with tender meatballs, veggies and pasta in a rich, flavorful broth. Italian wedding soup really is such an easy soup to make.

Italian wedding soup step by step

  1. To make the meatballs: stir the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl to blend. Stir in the cheese, beef and pork. Using 1 1/2 teaspoons for each, shape the meat mixture into 1/2 inch diameter meatballs. Place on a baking sheet..
  2. To make the soup: bring the broth to a boil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the meatballs, curly endive and pasta and simmer until meatballs and pasta are cooked through. About 8 minutes. Whisk the eggs and cheese in a bowl to blend. Stir the soup in a circular motion. Gradually drizzle the egg mixture into the moving broth, stirring gently with a fork to form thin stands of egg, about 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with parmesan..

The part that takes the most time is making the meatballs. You can use any combination of ground meat you like. Italian wedding soup has long been one of my favorite soups, but it's one I've never made myself, as I always assumed it was a chore to make all those meatballs before making the soup itself. This Italian wedding soup is meatballs, vegetables, greens and pasta all simmered together in a savory broth. The perfect way to warm up on a cold day!

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