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Indulge in the perfect comfort meal for any occasion with Ina's Italian Wedding Soup, featuring savory chicken meatballs, fresh spinach, and a medley of vegetables.
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Italian Wedding Soup
RECIPE COURTESY OF INA GARTEN
Level: Easy
Total: 1 hr 15 min
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

For the meatballs:
3/4 pound ground chicken
1/2 pound chicken sausage, casings removed
2/3 cup fresh white bread crumbs
2 teaspoons minced garlic (2 cloves)
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for serving
3 tablespoons milk
1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the soup:
2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 cup minced yellow onion
1 cup diced carrots (3 carrots), cut into 1/4 inch pieces
3/4 cup diced celery (2 stalks), cut into 1/4 inch pieces
10 cups homemade chicken stock
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup small pasta such as tubetini or stars
1/4 cup minced fresh dill
12 ounces baby spinach, washed and trimmed

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

For the meatballs, place the ground chicken, sausage, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, Pecorino, Parmesan, milk, egg, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a bowl and combine gently with a fork. With a teaspoon, drop 1 to 1 1/4-inch meatballs onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. (You should have about 40 meatballs. They don't have to be perfectly round.) Bake for 30 minutes, until cooked through and lightly browned. Set aside.

In the meantime, for the soup, heat the olive oil over medium-low heat in a large heavy-bottomed soup pot. Add the onion, carrots, and celery and saute until softened, 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chicken stock and wine and bring to a boil. Add the pasta to the simmering broth and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until the pasta is tender. Add the fresh dill and then the meatballs to the soup and simmer for 1 minute. Taste for salt and pepper. Stir in the fresh spinach and cook for 1 minute, until the spinach is just wilted. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle each serving with extra grated Parmesan.

Reprinted from Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Copyright 2008 by Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter/Publisher. All rights reserved.

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All Comments (21)
  • @debbiezullo7056
    Happy Anniversary to you and Jeffrey. Here’s to many more. Cheers 🥂♥️
  • @saywhat6062
    Our family makes egg squares w/ the cheese along with dime size meatballs, and use endive instead of spinach. Yummers!
  • @walterstrahota2956
    This is timely because I want to make it. I’m not using chicken though, I will use half ground beef and half Italian sausage. I will fry them in the Dutch oven I’m making the soup in because I want the fond for flavor. Yes to homemade chicken stock big difference.
  • @user-gz2it1te5r
    The first time I had Italian wedding soup was when it was a chilly-cold day in Amherst, New York.
  • @identityunveiled.
    This is so heartwarming!! Love how the content pairs with this story telling ❤🎉
  • @europeanguy8773
    It gets even better as it sits in the fridge. After 2-3 days it's perfect.
  • @CarlDutcher1776
    Happy anniversary Ina and Jeffrey many more years together
  • @kathywinter7793
    Years ago I watched her make this on The Food channel. I wrote it down. Made it that night. My husband ate 4 bowls. All he could say say was good.i make it just for him a couple times a year. But I make the meatballs out of ground beef and sausage.