Italain Wedding Soup
In the quest to make easy tasty soups. This soup is simple, so the flavour is really impacted by the meatballs. This recipe is taken from NOT ANOTHER COOKING SHOW , with ingredient ratios approximated here.
One trick I like to do that this recipe does is not add the pasta or noodles to the soup directly but only at plating. This prevents soggy pasta if stored in the fridge.
Ingredients and Equipment
Will need a soup pan that is at least 5 Qt.
Meat Balls
Ground Lamb (500 g)
Garlic (2 cloves grated)
Salt & Black Pepper to season (1 tsp)
Pecorino (1 cup grated)
Parsley (½ cup chopped)
Cream (1/3 cup)
Bread Crumbs (½ cup)
Egg (1 beaten)
Soup
Carrot (2 medium diced)
Celery (1 stock diced)
Onion (1 diced)
Chicken Broth (1 L)
Swiss Chards (2 cups chopped)
Ditali Pasta (1 cup dried)
Substitutions
Ground Lamb -> Ground Veal/Beef/Pork/Turkey/Chicken
Swiss Chard -> Kale/Spinach
Pecorino -> Parmigiano Reggiano
Ditalini -> Pearl Couscous
Method
Meat Balls
Add cream, egg, bread crumbs, pecorino salt and pepper mix thoroughly
You want this to be sticky but not runny
Adjust here now for more cream or bread crumbs
Add Ground Lamb and Parsely
Mix and emulsify with your hands
Form into 2 cm balls
Soup
Sautee the carrots, celery and onions, until the onions are translucent
Add stock and bring to a boil for 10 minutes
Reduce heat to just below a simmer, add the meat balls
NB Hot enough to cook the meat balls, but not boiling to break them apart
Cook until the meatballs rise to the surface
Add the swiss chard and cook for 10 minutes
Pasta
In a separate sauce pan cook the Ditalini as per package or until al dente
Ensure the water is sufficently salted
Do not add to the soup directly, only during plating
Serve with a garnish of pecorino and toasted bread
fin
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