Mini Meatball Soup
Serves: 6
Mckayla Luettgen
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
52
Spice
49
Sweetness
51
Sourness
42
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Prep time (avg)
5.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 ribs
Celery (chopped)1 medium
Onion (chopped)1
Salt1 clove
Garlic (cracked away from skin)6 cups
Chicken Stock2 cups
Water3 tbsps
Butter1 cup
Provolone (shredded)1 cup
Shredded Mozzarella1 cup
Grated Parmesan1 cup
Asiago (shredded)Directions:
1
In a deep pot over medium heat add oil, chopped carrots, celery and onions and bay leaves
2
Season with salt and pepper
3
Cover pot and cook veggies 5 or 6 minutes, stirring occasionally
4
While the veggies cook, combine meat, egg, garlic, grated cheese, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, nutmeg
5
Uncover your soup pot and add broth and water to the pot
6
Increase heat to high and bring soup to a boil
7
When soup boils, reduce heat a bit and start to roll meat mixture into small balls, dropping them straight into the pot
8
You are making meat dumplings that will cook in the broth
9
When you are done rolling the meat, add pasta to the soup and stir
10
Cover and simmer soup 10 minutes
11
When pasta is tender, stir in chopped spinach in batches
12
When spinach has wilted into the soup, the soup is done and ready to serve
13
Adjust your seasonings
14
Serve soup with crusty bread or grilled 4 cheese sandwiches
15
In a small skillet over medium low heat, combine oil, butter and garlic
16
Cook garlic in butter and oil gently for 2 or 3 minutes
17
Remove garlic butter mixture from heat
18
Place a large nonstick skillet on the stove over medium high heat
19
Using a pastry brush, brush 1 side of 4 slices of bread with garlic oil and place buttered side down in skillet
20
Top each slice with equal amounts of the 4 cheeses, distributing them equally over the 4 slices
21
Top each sandwich with another slice of bread brushed with garlic butter, buttered side up
22
Flip the grill cheese sandwiches a few times until cheeses are melted and gooey and bread is toasty and golden
23
Cut grilled 4 cheese sandwiches from corner to corner and serve