The other day,
Mr. Hawthorne called me from work
to excitedly tell me he'd had a really good soup for lunch
and asked would I make it for him.
What he'd had was Campbell's Select Harvest
Italian Style Wedding soup.
Well sure.
I can do that.
I love it when somebody
asks me something specific to make.
I was all over that like a monkey
on a banana split.
I knew Ina had made this some time ago
and I figured there would be a recipe for this
from Giada, as well.
When I went to Food Network to search,
there was also one from Rocco Despirito
and one from Food Network Kitchens.
After looking over all four recipes,
I went with Giada's, since it sounded the best,
and she is Italian.
But, of course, I made my own adjustments.
Both Rocco and Giada
added the meatballs to the soup
and cooked them in the broth.
I wavered from this
(What do Italians know about Italian Wedding Soup?)
since I have a problem with boiling meat.
Instead, I baked them first since I like my meat browned,
then I added the meatballs to the soup at the last minute.
1 onion, grated
1/3 cup chopped Italian parsley
1 large egg
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon salt
1 slice fresh white bread, crust trimmed, torn into small pieces
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
8 ounces ground beef
8 ounces ground pork
salt and pepper, freshly ground
chopped 1/3 cup parsley,
minced 1 teaspoon garlic,
and grated 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.
First I made my meatballs:
turning halfway, for about 30 minutes.
to a boil and added maybe half a cup of white wine.
I don't know if that was an oversight on the Food Network website
or what, since Giada puts pasta in everything.
(I would venture to say that the crack-smoking monkeys
who run the Food Network website are to blame.)
I added in 1/2 cup of
Acini di pepe pasta.
The endive went in first
and I cooked it for about 7 minutes.
Then I added the spinach
and cooked for about 1 minute.
The phrase "crack-smoking monkeys who run the Food Network website" cause a very specific image to come to my mind. And I think it's pretty accurate.
ReplyDeleteOh, soup looks good too.