Fabio Viviani's Italian Wedding Soup

Try This Fabulous Soup

Servings:6-8

Difficulty:Easy

Cook Time:30-60 min

Ground beef, panko bread crumbs, and eggs make for delicious meatballs in this warm soup.

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef (80/20)

2 ea. eggs

1/3 cup panko bread crumbs

3 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, grated

3 quarts chicken broth

3 cups fresh baby spinach

1 cup carrots, diced

1 cup yellow onion, diced

1 cup celery, diced

2 cups orzo pasta

½ cup (to taste) extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

Saute carrots, onion and celery in oil until soft and starting to brown.

Add Chicken stock. Let the mixture reduce on high heat.

While boiling, mix beef, eggs, breadcrumbs and parmesan in a separate bowl to make meatballs. Form into ½ inch balls, and set on a baking sheet.

Cook meatballs on the baking sheet in 375F degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Add pasta to soup to cook.

When meatballs are cooked, add them to the soup.

Stir in the spinach to the soup.

Boil 5 minutes and season with salt and pepper.

MANGIA!

I got this recipe off yahoo a few days ago it just looked so good, and tried it last night--everyone loved it! Even the kids. It was something a little different than the regular soup, and warmed us up. For all the vegetarians out there, you will have to figure out what to substitute the meatballs for? I used turkey meat, instead of hamburger, and it was very tasty.

Becky