My grandmother's Italian Wedding soup

joec

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Or as we called it "That Again".

That Again (Italian Wedding Soup)

Meat Balls:
2 lbs ground beef
1 lbs ground pork
2 eggs
Italian bread crumbs enough to bind
salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste

Mix and roll into small round balls about two teaspoons of mixture each
Put into refrigerate about 30 minutes.

Soup
1 lg onion diced
2 stalks of celery diced
3 cloves of garlic minced
2 lbs. of potatoes into bite size dice
4 carrots diced
1 lb. of sweet peas (frozen or canned drained)
1 stick of butter
Fresh parsley (garnish)
Parmesan cheese

Put enough olive oil into stock pot to cover bottom then sweat the onions, celery until soft. Add garlic once onions and celery are done being careful not to burn.

Add 8 cups of chicken stock to pot as well as potatoes, carrots and peas then bring to a boil. Once it come to a boil reduce to a simmer and add the meat balls and let is cook 1 hour.

Add 2 tablespoons of corn starch to cold milk and mix. Now add this to the pot of soup and stir until it thickens. If more is needed, repeat corn starch and milk as stated previously.

Add 1 stick and a half of cup of milk to pot simmer until ready to eat. Top with parsley flakes and parmesan cheese before serving.
 
Well, that's a different recipe for Italian Wedding Soup, Joe! Looks like a meatball version of beef stew!

Man, I bet it's delicious!

Lee
 
WOW how did you do that so quickly??? :D Thank you it looks wonderful! Please tell your wife thank you as well!
I'll let you know as soon as I get the chance to make it. :)
 
This is one of my favorite soups, and I posted this little history lesson on it back in Pie Susan's IWS thread in September...



I believe it was Alton Brown who straightened out the origin and meaning of Italian Wedding Soup on one of his many shows, and for some unusual reason I've remembered the story. Here's the Wikipedia brief description in words better than I could put together...

Ingredients

Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meats (usually meatballs and/or sausage) in a clear chicken-based broth. Wedding soup sometimes contains pasta, noodles, cavatelli, lentils, or shredded chicken.

Origin

The term "wedding soup" is a mistranslation of the Italian language, minestra maritata ("married soup"), which is a reference to the fact that green vegetables and meats go well together. Some form of minestra maritata was long popular in Toledo, Spain before pasta became an affordable commodity to most Spaniards, though the modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Spanish form, which contained quite a few more meats than just the meatballs of modern Italian-American versions.
 
WOW how did you do that so quickly??? :D Thank you it looks wonderful! Please tell your wife thank you as well!
I'll let you know as soon as I get the chance to make it. :)

I had it in my recipes already but forgot I had gotten it from her. I asked and she said she gave it to me awhile back which reminded me. From there easy to cut and paste.
 
I have never made it myself Joe, but had some a few years ago in Boston.
Your recipe is copied and saved, sounds wonderful.
It makes a lot doesn't it?
Perfect for when the snow starts to fly.
Hopefully it freezes well?
 
This is one of my favorite soups, and I posted this little history lesson on it back in Pie Susan's IWS thread in September...



I believe it was Alton Brown who straightened out the origin and meaning of Italian Wedding Soup on one of his many shows, and for some unusual reason I've remembered the story. Here's the Wikipedia brief description in words better than I could put together...

Ingredients

Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meats (usually meatballs and/or sausage) in a clear chicken-based broth. Wedding soup sometimes contains pasta, noodles, cavatelli, lentils, or shredded chicken.

Origin

The term "wedding soup" is a mistranslation of the Italian language, minestra maritata ("married soup"), which is a reference to the fact that green vegetables and meats go well together. Some form of minestra maritata was long popular in Toledo, Spain before pasta became an affordable commodity to most Spaniards, though the modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Spanish form, which contained quite a few more meats than just the meatballs of modern Italian-American versions.

Live and learn, I've never heard any of this before but it is interesting. If I had asked my grandmother anything about the history of some dish she made I would of got the "shut and eat" answer. :wink:
 
By the way as JoeV said you can add stuff to it such as greens other vegetables as well as spices. My grandmother used cubed potatoes, peas, celery, carrots etc because I think they where really easy to get while todays vegetable selections are much more abundant unlike 50 years ago.
 
This is one of my favorite soups although I've never made it myself....but I will now! Thank you for sharing Joec :)
 
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