Recipe: Appetizing Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup. We Have Almost Everything On eBay. Stir in the cheese, beef and pork. After reading everyone elses reviews this is what I did to make the best Italian wedding soup I've EVER tasted.

In a Dutch oven, brown meatballs in small batches; drain. 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. You can have Italian Wedding Soup using 21 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian Wedding Soup

1. You need of Meatballs:.
2. You need 1/2 pound of ground veal.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of panko bread crumbs.
4. Prepare 2 Tbsp of parmesan cheese.
5. It's 1 clove of garlic minced.
6. It's 2 Tbsp of milk.
7. You need 1 of egg beaten.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of ground pepper.
10. You need 1 1/2 tsp of Italian seasoning.
11. You need of Soup:.
12. You need 2 Tbsp of olive oil.
13. You need 1 cup of sweet onion finely chopped.
14. It's 1 cup of carrots finely chopped.
15. You need 1 cup of celery finely chopped.
16. Prepare 2 cartons of chicken stock (about 8 cups).
17. Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
18. It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
19. It's 1/2 cup of ancini de pepe (small pasta).
20. It's 2 cups of baby spinach.
21. You need 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese.

But I'm here to tell you it is so easy to make and following this simple recipe people may likely think it was passed down from an Italian Grandmother. In large sauce pan, heat broth to boiling; stir in spinach, orzo, carrot& meatballs. Italian Wedding Soup is warm and comforting and filled with tender chicken meatballs, carrots, spinach, and acici de pepe. This classic Italian soup will become and instant family favorite!

Italian Wedding Soup step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients for the meatballs together and shape into small meatballs. Place on a pan lined with parchment paper and bake for approximately 20 minutes or until cooked through..
2. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan and saute the onion. Add the next five ingredients for the soup and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the ancini de pepe and simmer for another 6 minutes or until pasta is tender. Add meatballs, spinach and parmesan cheese and cook for 2 more minutes..
3. Serve and enjoy!.

We love a good warm bowl of soup at our house. This soup is full of flavor, comfort and all blended together for perfection! Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meat (usually meatballs and/or sausage, the latter sometimes made of chicken and containing Italian parsley and parmesan cheese) in a clear chicken-based broth. Wedding soup sometimes contains pasta (usually cavatelli, fusilli, acini di pepe, pastina, orzo, etc. In the meantime, for the soup, heat the olive oil over medium-low heat in a large heavy-bottomed soup pot.