Recipe: Yummy Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta

Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta. In a bowl, combine ground beef, lipton onion soup mix, minced garlic, and diced onion; mix well. Shape into desired meatball sizes Take a baking dish, and coat with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine eggs and bread crumbs.

For soup, in a stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. This easy Italian Wedding Soup recipe is a popular Italian American soup made with acini de pepe pasta, spinach, carrots, and meatballs. It's hearty and filling, perfect for those cold, brisk days. You can have Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta

1. You need 1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix.
2. You need 1 pound of Lean Ground Beef.
3. Prepare 3 of whole medium carrots (sliced).
4. Prepare 1 of whole medium yellow onion (diced).
5. It's 2 teaspoon of minced garlic.
6. Prepare 1 of container/carton chicken broth.
7. It's 1 package (10 oz) of frozen chopped spinach.
8. It's of Black Pepper * depending on your desired taste.
9. You need of Kosher Salt * depending on your desired taste.
10. It's 1 1/2 cup of penne pasta (uncooked).
11. You need 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
12. Prepare of Shredded parmesan cheese.

Even this time of year, soup is a go-to meal for us. On a chilly night, there's nothing better than wrapping both hands around a warm, steaming bowl of soup! Normally we go for a hearty minestrone or loaded potato soup, but lately I've been getting requests for a classic Italian Wedding soup, mainly from my husband. Italian Wedding soup is a hearty, classic soup made on the stovetop!

Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine ground beef, lipton onion soup mix, minced garlic, and diced onion; mix well. Shape into desired meatball sizes.
3. Take a baking dish, and coat with cooking spray. Place meatball in baking dish, and cook for 20 mins (occasionally rotating meatballs).
4. In a fry pan lightly saute' sliced carrots in olive oil. Make sure not to burn carrots..
5. Bring chicken broth to a boil in a dutch oven pot, and add penne pasta. Cook pasta until tender.
6. Remove meatballs from oven, and drain on paper towel.
7. Add package of frozen spinach in with boiling penne pasta, and reduce heat, and stir occasionally.
8. Add sauteed carrots, and meatballs into dutch oven pot and stir.
9. Let simmer on low heat for about 10 mins.
10. When ready to eat garnish with shredded parmesan cheese..

This recipe comes together quickly for the perfect weeknight meal! This time of year, soup is a go-to meal for us. The actual term "wedding soup" comes from the Italian language phrase "minestra maritata" ("married soup"), which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination or "marriage" of the greens and the meat. I've wanted to make a version of the infamous Italian Wedding Soup for years. Would you like any vegetables in the recipe?