CookItalian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta

Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta. This lovely soup combines extra lean ground beef made into meatballs with thinly sliced escarole or spinach, orzo macaroni, and finely chopped carrot. After reading everyone elses reviews this is what I did to make the best Italian wedding soup I've EVER tasted. Italian wedding soup is a quick and hearty dinner that only looks like you worked long and hard to make it.

The part that takes the most time is making the meatballs. You can use any combination of ground meat you like. If you've ever made Italian wedding soup, you've seen how the tiny pasta spheres, known as pastina or acini di pepe, are almost magically inflatable. You can have Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Wedding Soup with Penne Pasta

1. Prepare 1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix.
2. You need 1 pound of Lean Ground Beef.
3. Prepare 3 of whole medium carrots (sliced).
4. Prepare 1 of whole medium yellow onion (diced).
5. You need 2 teaspoon of minced garlic.
6. Prepare 1 of container/carton chicken broth.
7. Prepare 1 package (10 oz) of frozen chopped spinach.
8. You need of Black Pepper * depending on your desired taste.
9. It's of Kosher Salt * depending on your desired taste.
10. You need 1 1/2 cup of penne pasta (uncooked).
11. You need 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
12. It's of Shredded parmesan cheese.

If you are broth-averse, you can cook this soup the whole way through, adding the pasta before you portion it out and freeze it to let the pasta soak up all. This easy Italian wedding soup recipe is the absolute BEST! A perfect one pot meal that contains pasta, greens, and meatballs in a delicious broth. But you can use freshly grated or store bought parmesan cheese in your own version.

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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine ground beef, lipton onion soup mix, minced garlic, and diced onion; mix well. Shape into desired meatball sizes.
3. Take a baking dish, and coat with cooking spray. Place meatball in baking dish, and cook for 20 mins (occasionally rotating meatballs).
4. In a fry pan lightly saute' sliced carrots in olive oil. Make sure not to burn carrots..
5. Bring chicken broth to a boil in a dutch oven pot, and add penne pasta. Cook pasta until tender.
6. Remove meatballs from oven, and drain on paper towel.
7. Add package of frozen spinach in with boiling penne pasta, and reduce heat, and stir occasionally.
8. Add sauteed carrots, and meatballs into dutch oven pot and stir.
9. Let simmer on low heat for about 10 mins.
10. When ready to eat garnish with shredded parmesan cheese..

Making Italian Wedding Soup with Frozen Meatballs This Italian wedding soup is meatballs, vegetables, greens and pasta all simmered together in a savory broth. The perfect way to warm up on a cold day! How to make Italian Wedding Soup. In a large bowl, beat the egg with the chives, sage and garlic. The whole family loves this Italian wedding soup with tender meatballs, veggies and pasta in a rich, flavorful broth.