Red Italian Wedding Soup I Made It Ii

Red Italian Wedding Soup

Cosmicmother 4 years ago
~Made for Feb.2020's "Red" Recipe Challenge~

Red Italian Wedding Soup by Gabysegalla

This was ok. The herbs and spices were good, but it lacked a tomato-y/acidic flavour which made it fall flat (no depth of flavour). I did add some balsamic vinegar at the end which helped. I think a can of diced or stewed tomatoes would have been better than tomato sauce.
I was feeling rebellious and also added a carrot, and a small handful of spinach along with the peas. I couldn't follow the directions listed, it seemed so wrong not to sauté the aromatics, spices and dried herbs etc..so I sautéed everything before adding to the pot of liquid. I left out the peas until the last 5 minutes because 30 minutes is way too long to cook peas. I rolled the sausage into little meatballs before sautéing them, and added them in the last 15 minutes of cooking along with the cannellini beans.
The soup was barely red so I doubled the tomato sauce in the end. It was one of those recipes where I knew the method was wrong but thought the flavours would win--but it just didn't hit the mark for me. It was still edible, but I would have to change a lot of the recipe in order to make this one again.
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LindaLMT 4 years ago said:

Great looking bowl of soup Shona! More like an Italian sausage vegetable soup with pasta. Usually Italian Wedding implies the little meatballs which you did. Sorry it wasn't all that for you but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Cosmicmother 4 years ago said:

Thanks Linda. I thought the same thing after making it, beans don't belong in an Italian wedding soup either. I was thinking it's like a Tuscan Bean Stew with pasta?Yes....nothing ventured nothing gained is exactly what I was thinking too! At least I have a "garbage man" around the house that will eat just about anything I make... Lol ...he never let's any food go to waste! ;)

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eastcoaster 4 years ago said:

A lovely photo Shona,)
Personally i would have used a can of diced tomatoes also and some rosemary.
I agree with Linda, you don't know until you try:))

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LindaLMT 4 years ago said:

LOL!! My DH is so picky.

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mommyluvs2cook 4 years ago said:

Darn, too bad this was just ok for you. I agree, sounds like a can of tomatoes would have done the trick and I would have made meatballs too, which I thought were a must in Italian Wedding soup? Great picture though Shona!!

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