Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup is incredibly comforting soup with phenomenal flavors! The flavors come from the marriage of a seared vegetable base, flavorful chicken stock, mouthwatering meatballs, tender small pasta, and nutritious leafy greens.

This comforting Italian Wedding Soup got everything that a perfect hearty and flavorful soup should have:

• lots of flavor, protein and pasta to keep you full, and veggies to keep you nourished.
• prep time for this soup is just 20 minutes, and the majority of that time is spent making the homemade meatballs and prepping the veggies.
• between the pasta, meatballs, and vegetables, this hearty soup is sure to keep you nice and full for a while!
• you can easily variate the meat, greens, or pasta if you prefer.

How to Make Italian Wedding Soup

• Start off by making the meatballs. Combine all of the ingredients that are called for and mix them well. Once mixed, scoop the meatballs into 1 inch balls and set them aside.
• Sauté the veggies: Preheat a Dutch oven with some olive oil and cook the soffritto – the perfect base to all soups (onion, carrot, and celery). Then, stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant.
• Broth and meatballs: Pour in the chicken stock and season the mixture with a little salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer.
• Add in the meatballs and cook them in the simmering broth for approximately 15 minutes.
• Pasta and greens: chop the leafy greens, then add them to the pot. Add the pasta as well. Give it a good stir and let the soup cook for another 8 minutes. (Or, the time the pasta box instructions suggest.)
• Egg finish: Whisk together the eggs and grated parmesan cheese in a small bowl. Drizzle the egg mixture into the pot as you slowly stir. Give it about a minute to cook.

How to store leftover soup?

• Storing – Store the leftover soup right in the Dutch oven you cooked it in covered with a lid or in an airtight container, in the refrigerator. Stored properly, homemade Italian Wedding soup should last for about 3-4 days.
• Reheating – You can reheat the individual portions in the microwave. If you need to reheat a lot at the same time, do it on stovetop in the Dutch oven over medium heat just until warmed through.

Variations You Can Make

• You can use different meats in the meatballs, like using chicken, turkey, beef and/or pork.
• Small pasta you can use are acini de pepe, orzo, pastina, or even ditalini.
• And when it comes to the greens, there is a choice of endive, escarole, kale, and even spinach.
• There are also versions of this soup that do not have pasta, if you’d prefer to keep things low carb. However, I like to keep the pasta in mine as it’s a balance between the meat and greens!

Gluten Free Notes

If you’re gluten free, you can still enjoy this Italian classic soup!

• In the meatballs, make sure to use gluten free bread.
• As pasta, use small gluten free pasta and if you can’t find any, break up some gluten free spaghetti into small pieces.

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Originally published on Will Cook For Smiles in January 2022.