Jamie Geller shares her recipe for Italian Wedding Soup with a full detailed video, meatballs and all.
Italian Wedding Soup
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup ditalini or orzo
- 2 32-ounce boxes Manischewitz All Natural Chicken Broth
- 1/2 cup frozen spinach thawed and squeezed dry
Instructions
- In a small sauté pan over medium-high heat, heat oil and sauté onions for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes more. Let cool slightly.
- In a medium bowl, combine onions and garlic with ground beef, parsley, bread crumbs, egg, salt, and pepper. Form into meatballs 1/2 – inch in diameter. Place in freezer for 15 minutes.
- While meatballs are chilling, cook pasta according to package instructions.
- In a large pot, bring broth to a boil and gently lower meatballs, one at a time into the broth. Reduce heat to simmer and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes, adding spinach for the last few minutes.
- Add pasta. Taste and adjust salt and pepper, if needed.
oh poor baby – teething is so uncomfortable for the kiddies! but I am SOOOOO happy you caught the episode, served the recipes to rave reviews and took the time to come and comment here – thank you SO much!
I watched this on Quick and Kosher on JLTV a week or so ago at 1 in the morning while up with a teething grandchild. I served this with your chicken stuffed with pastrami….everyone loved it thanks for another great recipe!
yes they freeze beautifully!
Is it possible to PT
Repare the iItalianwedding meatballs and freeze before cooking? I would like to have them ready to cook at another time. Thank you.
YAy!!! Lydia THANK YOU!!! for commenting.. Thrilled you enJOYed!
I made this a couple of days ago. It is so simple and so very delicious. My sister had some and immediately asked me for the recipe. She loved it too. Thank you so much for another winning recipe!
Yes sure they are just there as a binder to help the meatballs keep their shape/form. Allthough they can probably hold without. Do you usually use any gluten-free products in place of bread crumbs for that very purpose?
Can I make this recipe omitting the bread crumbs to make it gluten free?
any “chicken” or vegetable broth that you can get at the supermarket or your own chicken or vegetable soup broth. Imagine soups makes a “No-Chicken, Chicken-Broth” which is quite good but may need some salt added to taste. EnJOY!
Awesome! thanks for the review!
I think so too! :-)!
It is from Quick & Kosher Meals in Minutes – one of my favorites from my 2nd book!
What can I substitute for the Manischewitz All Natural Chicken Broth? I want to make this but dont have this ingredient available nearby.
Thanks!
I made this soup tonight. It was absolutely delicious! I ommitted the parsley. Enjoy!
This is just the most wonderdul soup, very filling and a unique variation on the usual chicken soup
This soup is just amazing! If this is the same recipe as what’s in Meals in Minutes, it was sooo delicious when I served it on Shabbat awhile ago. I would recommend watering down the broth a little though – there wasn’t quite enough broth, and it tasted a little salty. Watering it down would solve both problems. When I served it, I remember everyone saying how fabulous it would be as a hearty soup when it’s cold out. I think this will be tonight’s dinner! Yum, can’t wait!