Italian Wedding Soup

While I was searching for soups on Food Network, I found Giada's Italian Wedding Soup recipe. I wasn't as thrilled with this soup as I was with the mulligatawny. Maybe, it's because I don't know how to swirl the egg into the soup and instead of ribbons, I got what was closer to egg drop soup.

Italian Wedding Soup

Meatballs:

1 small onion, grated

1/3 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley

1 large egg

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp salt

1 slice fresh white bread, crust trimmed, bread torn into small pieces

1/2 cup grated Parmesan

8 ounces ground beef

8 ounces ground pork

Freshly ground black pepper

Soup:

12 cups low-sodium chicken broth

1 pound curly endive, coarsely chopped (1 pound of escarole would be a good substitution)

2 large eggs

2 Tbs freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for garnish

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

To make the meatballs: Stir the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl to blend. Stir in the cheese, beef and pork. Using 1 1/2 teaspoons for each, shape the meat mixture into 1-inch-diameter meatballs. Place on a baking sheet.

To make the soup: Bring the broth to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and curly endive and simmer until the meatballs are cooked through and the curly endive is tender, about 8 minutes. Whisk the eggs and cheese in a medium bowl to blend. Stir the soup in a circular motion. Gradually drizzle the egg mixture into the moving broth, stirring gently with a fork to form thin stands of egg, about 1 minute. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.

Ladle the soup into bowls and serve. Finish soup with parmesan cheese if desired.

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