Italian Wedding Soup. After reading everyone elses reviews this is what I did to make the best Italian wedding soup I've EVER tasted. I used to be intimidated to make Italian Wedding Soup. I have no Italian lineage and my mom never made it growing up, so for whatever reason it seemed easy to mess up.
Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meat.
This Italian wedding soup recipe is simple to make and the absolute BEST thing to eat!
My whole family loves it, and yours will, too.
You can have Italian Wedding Soup using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Italian Wedding Soup
- You need 1 of small sliced onion.
- You need 2 stalks of celery, cut into 1/4 in pieces.
- You need 2 (32 oz) of cartons Chicken Broth, Kitchen Basic is a good brand.
- You need 16 oz of frozen cheese tortellini.
- It's 12 oz of bag of spinach rinsed.
- You need 2 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil.
- It's 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese.
- It's pinch of Bell's Poultry Seasoning.
- It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
- It's 1 teaspoon of pepper.
- Prepare 1/2 bag of small party sized meatballs - *Trader Joes Party Size Meatballs" or make your own bite-sized meatballs.
Calling this "Italian wedding soup" is somewhat of a misnomer since the dish is unrelated to weddings. The name is said to come from the words "minestra maritata," which mean "married soup." World's Best Italian Wedding Soup Italian Grandma Makes Hearty Cabbage Soup. Italian wedding soup really is such an easy soup to make.
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- Over medium heat, add olive oil, onion and celery and saute 5 to 6 minutes until softened..
- Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add tortellini and cook for 6 mins..
- Stir in parmesan cheese, Bell's seasoning, salt, pepper and meatballs. Stir in spinach and stir for 1 minute..
- Ladle soup in bowls and top with parmesan cheese..
The part that takes the most time is making the meatballs. You can use any combination of ground meat you like. The whole family loves this Italian wedding soup with tender meatballs, veggies and pasta in a rich, flavorful broth. Italian wedding soup has long been one of my favorite soups, but it's one I've never made myself, as I always assumed it was a chore to make all those meatballs before making the soup itself. This Italian wedding soup is meatballs, vegetables, greens and pasta all simmered together in a savory broth.
