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Wedding Soup

A bowl of comforting goodness packed with meaty meatballs, vegetables and tummy filling pasta.
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Servings: 6
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Meatballs
  • 125 g veal or beef mince
  • 125 g pork mince
  • ¾ cup dried breadcrumbs
  • 1 small handful fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, peeled and minced
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • ½ cup  tomato sauce (pasta sauce-home-made or store bought)
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 egg
  • olive oil, for frying
Soup
  • 1 brown onion, peeled and diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 2 celery sticks, diced
  • 1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 2 L chicken stock
  • ¾ cup small dried pasta (such as Orzo or Ditalini)
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano
  • 225 g leavy green vegetables, such as spinach or silverbeet, washed, trimmed and chopped
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • Parmesan cheese, grated, for serving

Method
 

Make the Meatballs
  1. Put all the meatball ingredients together in a large bowl. Use your hands to mix well.
  2. Using damp hands, form roughly 2cm diameter (1 inch) meatballs. Set aside
  3. Cover the base of a medium-deep frypan in olive oil and place over moderate-high heat. Add the meatballs and brown briefly. They don’t need to cook all the way through at this stage, just nice and golden on the outside. Drain on paper towels.
Soup
  1. Splash some olive oil into a large pot and add the onion, carrots and celery. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until vegetables are tender.
  2. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
  3. Add the wine and allow to boil for a minute, then add the chicken stock, increase the heat, and bring to a boil.
  4. Carefully add the meatballs and the pasta and cook for 10 minutes, or until the pasta is almost done and the meatballs are cooked through. Taste and add salt as needed.
  5. Add the oregano and leafy greens, stir gently, and cook for another 2 minutes or until greens have wilted.
  6. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with grated Parmesan.