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Escarole Italian Wedding Soup Recipe


Escarole  Italian Wedding Soup Recipe
This is my Nonna's recipe for escarole soup, also known as Italian wedding soup..She says that this wasn't served at weddings but has 2 different meats wedded together ( chicken and the veal meatballs) Italian comfort food at its best

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Ingredients
  • 4 quarts chicken broth
  • 2 cans white cannelini beans drained and rinsed
  • 6 cloves garlic, 4 crushed and 2 minced
  • 1/4 tsp each dried basil, and oregano
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 cup fresh grated parmesan plus a 4 inch piece of the cheese rind
  • sea salt to taste
  • 2 c cooked shredded chicken
  • 1/2 lb ground veal
  • 1/4 c italian bread crumbs
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 lbs fresh escarole,washed
  • 1/2 lb ditalini pasta cooked and drained
  • sliced italian bread rubbed with a cut glove of garlic and toasted
  • olive oil

Directions
  1. Bring chicken broth to a boil add parmesan rind, crushed garlic oregano, basil sea salt and bay leaves and bring to a slow simmer
  2. combine veal, minced garlic grated parmesan, bread crumbs and beaten egg
  3. form into small meatballs a bit larger than a marble
  4. add to simmering broth along with shredded chicken,cannelini beans and escarole
  5. cook for 45 minutes
  6. Remove parmesan rind and bay leaves
  7. Add pasta simmer 5 more minutes until heated through
  8. placed toasted bread in bottom of a soup bowl,
  9. ladle soup into bowl top with more grated parmesan and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

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Love this soup. Thank you again.


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