Italian Wedding Soup

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Total Time:
35 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
8 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Meatballs:

  • 1 small onion, grated
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 slice fresh white bread, crust trimmed, bread torn into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
  • 8 ounces ground beef
  • 8 ounces ground pork
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Soup:

  • 12 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 pound curly endive, coarsely chopped (1 pound of escarole would be a good substitution)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for garnish
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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-inch-diameter meatballs. Place on a baking sheet.

To make the soup: Bring the broth to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and curly endive and simmer until the meatballs are cooked through and the curly endive is tender, about 8 minutes. Whisk the eggs and cheese in a medium 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 the soup to taste with salt and pepper.

Ladle the soup into bowls and serve. Finish soup with parmesan cheese if desired.

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Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

Acidic, refreshing white wine

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  • on March 25, 2013

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    This might be the best thing I have ever made! I shared with 2 friends and they LOVED it! We've all made this Italian Wedding Soup recipe multiple times! LOVE IT!

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  • on March 08, 2013

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    This is a great soup. I made it by the instructions and loved it. Then, I got lazy and bought frozen Italian meat balls. HUGE mistake. Making the meat balls and cooking them in the broth is probably the most important step. The soup was ok but did not have the velvet mouth feel and the flavor of the original. Please learn from my mistake and go through the ordeal of making the meat balls....it is worth the labor and time.

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  • on February 24, 2013

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    I love Giada but this soup was just so so. The flavor was lacking and one dimensional. It felt like it was missing something...

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