How To Cook Soup With Meatballs And Couscous (Italian Wedding Soup) - Recipe

Author: Victoria Aly Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

How To Cook Soup With Meatballs And Couscous (Italian Wedding Soup) - Recipe

Learn how to cook "Soup with meatballs and couscous (Italian wedding soup)". Delicious recipe.

Required products :

for the meatballs:

700 grams of minced chicken
1/2 raw chicken sausage (inside)
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/3 tea cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons oregano
3 cloves garlic, mashed
1 large egg
salt, black pepper and hot pepper flakes to taste

for the soup:

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 sliced and peeled carrots
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 teaspoons chopped thyme
8 teaspoons chicken broth
3/4 cup fine pasta (like couscous)
4 teaspoons baby spinach
2 tablespoons dill
lemon slices for serving

Method of preparation :

Mix the meat, bread crumbs, oregano, parmesan, garlic and egg. Season with salt, pepper and hot pepper flakes. Form small meatballs (balls with a diameter of about 2.5 centimeters). From this amount of meat you should get about 20-22 balls.

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a saucepan and fry the meatballs until golden brown. Remove from the heat and add another 1 tablespoon of olive oil and fry the onion, carrot, celery and thyme. After 3-4 minutes, when they soften and relax their aroma, add the broth. Bring the liquid to a boil and add the meatballs and couscous. Let simmer for 7-8 minutes until ready. Add the spinach, a minute later, after it softens, remove from the heat.

Serve each portion with extra parmesan.

How To Cook Soup With Meatballs And Couscous (Italian Wedding Soup) - Recipe

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