Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup is a complete meal with tender meatballs, vegetables and pasta all in a delicious broth.

Over the holiday break we attended a wedding that had a soup and sandwich bar.  A fun idea.  There were several different selections of soup and I went for the Italian Wedding Soup – it was a wedding after all!  The mother of the bride had made all the soup herself!  I had never had Italian Wedding Soup before and it was delicious.

This is a traditional Italian-American soup that contains green vegetables (in this case spinach) and some kind of meat (pork). According to Wikipedia, “The term “wedding soup” is a mistranslation of the Italian language phrase “minestra maritata (“married soup”),” which is a reference to the fact that green vegetables and meats go well together.”

Ingredients

• Spinach
• Carrots
• Onions
• Garlic
• Orzo Pasta
• Chicken broth  
• Sage
• Parmesan Cheese
• Meatballs

How To Make Italian Wedding Soup

Meatballs

• Combine pork, breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and sage in a bowl.
• Mix to combine.
• Form into 1 inch meatballs and place on a cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 until cooked through, about 7 to 10 minutes.

Soup

• Heat oil in pan over medium heat.
• Sauté onion and carrots and cook until softened, about 4 minutes
• Add garlic, Worcestershire sauce and sage, cook 1 minute
• Add chicken broth and water.
• Bring to a boil
• Cover and reduce heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender.
• Add in orzo pasta and cook until pasta is tender, about 6-8 minutes.
• Add in meatballs.
• Mix in spinach right before serving.
• Garnish with Parmesan and Serve.

For a few other of my favorite soup recipes check out these:

• Tortellini and Sausage Soup
• French Onion Soup
• Crock Pot Tomato Basil Soup

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Italian Wedding Soup

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes

Italian Wedding Soup is a complete meal with tender meatballs, vegetables and pasta all in a delicious broth.

serves: 6 servings

Prep:15 minutes minutes

Cook:30 minutes minutes

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Total:45 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 lb. ground pork
• ▢ 3 Tbsp Italian Breadcrumbs
• ▢ 1/2 cup Orzo pasta
• ▢ 2 cups baby spinach chopped
• ▢ 1 Tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 small onion finely chopped
• ▢ 3 carrots finely chopped
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
• ▢ 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce divided
• ▢ 1 tsp dried sage divided
• ▢ 4 cups chicken broth
• ▢ 2 cups water
• ▢ Parmesan cheese for garnish

Instructions

Meatballs

• Combine pork, breadcrumbs and 1 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 tsp sage in a bowl,. Mix to combine.
• Form into 1 inch meatballs.
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 until cooked through (approx. 7-10 minutes)

Soup

• Heat oil in pan over medium heat.
• Add onion and carrots and cook until softened, about 4 minutes
• Add 2 tsp garlic and 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 tsp sage. Cook 1 minute
• Add chicken broth and water. Bring to a boil
• Cover and reduce heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender.
• Add in orzo pasta and cook until pasta is tender (about 6-8 minutes)
• Add in meatballs.
• Add in spinach right before serving.
• Garnish with Parmesan

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 219kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 19g (6%) Protein: 10g (20%) Fat: 11g (17%) Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 27mg (9%) Sodium: 716mg (31%) Potassium: 476mg (14%) Fiber: 2g (8%) Sugar: 3g (3%) Vitamin A: 6052IU (121%) Vitamin C: 18mg (22%) Calcium: 58mg (6%) Iron: 2mg (11%)

* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.

Course:Soup

Cuisine:Italian

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