Italian Wedding Soup
Ingredients:
olive oil
1 sm onion, finely chopped
3 carrots, finely chopped
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
2 tsp fresh sage, chopped
3 cups chicken broth
Parm rind
grated Parm
1/2 lb ground pork
3 tbl bread crumbs
3/4 cup orzo
6 cups fresh spinach
Instructions:
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Sweat out onion, celery and carrots in olive oil.
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Add half the garlic, 1 tsp Worchestershire, and 1 tsp sage. Cook 1 minute
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Add broth, 3 cups water and Parm rind and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until veggies are tender, about 10 minutes
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Mix pork, bread crumbs, 1 tbl grated Parm, remaining garlic, 1 tsp Worchestershire and 1 tsp sage. Form into 1 inch meatballs
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Increase soup to boil and stir in orzo, cook about 5 minutes.
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Add meatballs and cook 5 more minutes.
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Lower heat and add spinach and serve when spinach is wilted.
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Top with grated Parm.
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