Barefoot Contessa's Italian Wedding Soup
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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To make the meatballs
- 3⁄4 lb ground chicken
- 1⁄2 lb chicken sausage, casings removed
- 2⁄3 cup fresh white breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic (2 cloves)
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1⁄4 cup freshly grated pecorino romano cheese
- 1⁄4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, and more for serving
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten
- kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
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For the Soup
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup minced yellow onion
- 1 cup diced carrot (3 carrots)
- 3⁄4 cup diced celery (2 stalks)
- 10 cups chicken stock
- 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup small shell pasta
- 1⁄4 cup minced fresh dill
- 12 ounces Baby Spinach, washed and trimmed
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- To make the meatballs~ place the ground chicken, sausage, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, Pecorino, Parmesan, milk, egg, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a bowl and combine gently with a fork. With a teaspoon or small portion scoop, drop 1 to 1 1/4-inch meatballs onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. (Makes about 40 meatballs.) Bake for 30 minutes, until cooked through and lightly browned. Set aside.
- While the meatballs ar baking, prepare the soup broth: heat the olive oil over medium-low heat in a large pot. Add the onion, carrots, and celery and saute until softened, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken stock and wine and bring to a boil. Add the pasta to the simmering broth and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until the pasta is tender. Add the fresh dill and then the meatballs to the soup and simmer for 1 minute. Taste, and add salt and pepper if needed. Stir in the fresh spinach and cook for 1 minute, until the spinach is just wilted.
- Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle each serving with extra grated Parmesan.
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Reviews
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Delicious! A Barefoot Contessa recipe is always a sure hit. My family really enjoyed it! Here are the changes I made based on what I had: I used a 20 oz. pkg. of Butterball Turkey Sausage links (I removed the casings) in place of the ground chicken and chicken sausage. I couldn't find Pecorino-Romano cheese so I just used all Romano. And the idea of 12 oz. of spinach freaked out my husband and daughter :), so I only used about a handful of baby spinach. My 2 cartons of chicken broth came to only 8 cups, so I added 2 cups water and used a little 4.6 oz. tub of the Knorr Homestyle Stock. Making the meatballs is a little time consuming so I love the idea of making them ahead and freezing them. That would make it so much easier to have this for dinner on a weeknight after work. The cleanup time would be quicker too! Thanks for posting this.