Hearty meatball soup
This ridiculously good hearty meatball soup will warm you up from the inside out. Packed with vegetables, tiny pasta and oh so good meatballs will be a winner for the whole family.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 500 g beef mince
- small bunch parsely finely chopped
- ½ cup parmesan grated
- salt and pepper to season
For the soup
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 brown onion finely diced
- 1 leek trimmed, thinly sliced
- 1 stick celery diced
- 1 carrot chopped
- 1 zucchini chopped
- 1 litre chicken stock
- 1 cup pastina such as little stars or other tiny pasta shapes
- 60 g baby spinach
Instructions
For the meatballs
- Place all ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well with your hands to combine. Roll into small balls, place on a plate and set aside.
For the soup
- Heat oil in a heavy based pot.Add onion and leek and sweat it out until the leak is soft (around 8 minutes)
- Add the celery, carrot and zucchini and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add the meatballs and carefully cook, for 2 minutes turning gently and being careful not to let them break.
- Pour in stock and bring to boil. Once boiling, add the pasta and a pinch of salt. cook for 6 minutes or until pasta and the meatballs are cooked.
- Remove from heat and stir in spinach.Ladle generous serves into bowls.
