Nanna’s Italian wedding soup

Name: Nanna’s Italian wedding soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 gallon (16 cups) Chicken broth; 1 lb ground beef; 1 lb ground pork; 3/4 c Italian seasoned breadcrumbs; 2 slices white bread; 1/4 cup milk; 3/4 cup good grated parmesean cheese; 2 tsp black pepper (or to taste); 2 eggs beaten; 1/2 vidalia onion diced; 1 celery stalk diced; 1 10oz box frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained well; 1/2 box acini di pepe pasta; Fresh parsley

13 steps

Prep:30minCook:1h

This makes a lot of soup! Perfect for a crowd! If you have leftovers you can freeze them or halve the recipe for less soup. This uses a gallon of chicken stock. The options: 1 gallon (16 cups) of homemade chicken stock 1 gallon store bought chicken stock 1 gallon water and 2 lbs chicken thighs. Boil water add the chicken thighs and simmer 30 minutes. Remove chicken, shred and add to the soup or for another use (This is Nanna’s method using chicken thighs in water)

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:50:20 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories219.1 kcal (11%)

Total Fat11.5 g (16%)

Carbs15.1 g (6%)

Sugars2.1 g (2%)

Protein14 g (28%)

Sodium1026.1 mg (51%)

Fiber1.3 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

20 servings

1 gallonChicken broth

1 lbground beef

1 lbground pork

¾ cItalian seasoned breadcrumbs

2slices white bread

¼ cupmilk

¾ cupgrated parmesan cheese

good

2 tspblack pepper

1 x 10 ozfrozen chopped spinach

box, cooked and drained well

0.5 boxacini di pepe pasta

fresh parsley

Instructions

Options for the chicken stock

Step 1

1 gallon (16 cups) of homemade chicken stock

Step 2

1 gallon store bought chicken stock

Step 3

1 gallon water and 2 lbs chicken thighs. Boil water add the chicken thighs and simmer 30 minutes. Remove chicken, shred and add to the soup or for another use

Step 4

Bring the chicken stock to a boil then simmer

Step 5

Add the onion

Step 6

In a small bowl bread up the bread slices and add the milk to soak, set aside

Step 7

In another bowl add the meats, eggs, cheese, breadcrumbs, pepper (any other seasonings you want but Nanna didn’t add anything else) and the bread soaked in milk. Mix everything together until well combined.

Step 8

Roll out 1/2 tablespoon meatballs

Step 9

Add the meatballs , parsley and celery to the stock. Cook until meatballs are done, about 20 minutes

Step 10

Meanwhile cook the acini de pepe separately according to package directions to al dente

Step 11

Add the spinach and pasta to the soup

Step 12

Optional- Nanna’s recipe add 3 chopped hard boiled eggs to the soup

Step 13

Serve with additional grated Parmesan cheese