Kitten’s Italian Wedding Soup
I recommend to make the meatballs a day in advance to allow the flavors to blend, a good quality chicken broth will only improve on the flavor, this is a wonderful soup to serve to guests and the complete recipe may be doubled
Servings 6
Ingredients:
6 cups good quality chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, or to taste)
1 tablespoon lemon zest (or the zest from 1 lemon)
2 cups finely sliced escarole (or can use spinach)
1/2 cup uncooked orzo pasta (or use 1 cup cooked rice added in at the end)
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese (more for sprinkling) (optional)
MEATBALLS:
1/4 pound extra lean ground beef
1/4 pound ground pork (or use 1/2 pound ground beef)
2 tablespoons fresh minced parsley
1 large egg, slightly beaten
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 green onion, finely chopped (use white part only)
2 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt or white salt
1/2-1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
Instructions:——————————————————–
For meatballs; in a bowl combine all ingredients together, using hands mix until well combined.
Shape into 3/4-inch balls.
Place onto a plate or refrigerate until ready to use.
Pour the chicken broth in a large saucepan then add in the black pepper; bring to a simmer over medium heat.
Drop in the meatballs, then stir in the escarole or spinach, lemon zest and uncooked orzo; return to a simmer.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the orzo is tender.
Optional; at the end of cooking mix in 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese until heated through.
Season with salt if desired.
Ladle into bowl then sprinkle with more Parmesan cheese on top.
You will also find this on Recipezazz.com
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It was really really good! I thought the meatballs could have used some pepper. Then I reread the recipe and I saw that it WAS suppose to put pepper in it *sigh*. I only made a few little changes (to save money), like using bottled lemon juice instead of the zest and threw the rest of the green onion in the broth. I think the lemon zest would have been awesome though.
Next time I might try the meatballs with all pork.
This goes into my favourites! Thanks Kitten