Italian Wedding Soup

Name: Italian Wedding Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean, European
Ingredients: 1 small onion, (grated); 1 cup fresh Italian parsley (hopped); 1 large egg; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 1 slice fresh white bread, crust trimmed, bread torn into small pieces; 1/2 cups romano cheese (grated); 1/2 pounds ground beef; 1/2 pounds ground pork; 2 ounces milk; 12 cups chicken broth; 2 medium heads escarole (cleaned & coarsely chopped); 6 ounces Cannellini beans (from Can); 2 tablespoons grated romano; 1 cup acini de pepe ((pastina)); 1 pinch nutmeg; Salt; ground black pepper

5 steps

Prep:15minCook:20min

Italian Wedding Soup. Try this recipe for Italian Wedding Soup, with tasty little beef-pork meatballs, for a warm bowl of Italian comfort. Containing fresh vegetables, and tiny bits of pasta for any day of the year, this is total comfort food!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:01:50 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories671.8 kcal (34%)

Total Fat32.2 g (46%)

Carbs54.2 g (21%)

Sugars6.6 g (7%)

Protein43.1 g (86%)

Sodium3996 mg (200%)

Fiber10.5 g (37%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

Meatnalls

1onion

small, grated

1 cupfresh italian parsley

hopped

1egg

large

1 tablespoonminced garlic

1 teaspoonsalt

1 teaspoonground black pepper

1 x 1slice fresh white bread

crust trimmed, bread torn into small pieces

½ cupsromano cheese grated

0.5 poundsground beef

0.5 poundsground pork

2 ouncesmilk

Soup

12 cupschicken broth

2 headsescarole

medium, cleaned & coarsely chopped

6 ouncescannellini beans can

2 tablespoonsgrated romano

1 cupacini de pepe

pastina

1 pinchnutmeg

salt

ground black pepper

Instructions

Step 1

To make the meatballs, combine the first 6 ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Combine the cheese, beef, and pork in a mixing bowl. Shape the meat mixture into 1-inch meatballs with 1 1/2 teaspoons of each. Place the cookies on a baking sheet. or you can brown the meatballs in a pan with a drizzle of olive oil

Step 2

To make the soup, in a large pot over medium-high heat, bring the broth to a boil and season with salt.

Step 3

Add the meatballs and escarole and cook for about 8 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through and the escarole is tender.

Step 4

After a few minutes, add the cannellini beans and the pastina, and cook according to the package directions.

Step 5