meatball soup

2015-12-08

Meatball soups are quite popular world-wide. It doesn't matter what animal the ground meat comes from; the method remains the same. Of course, each animal will give the soup its own distinctive flavor.

I do occasionally make meatball soups, add the meatball for extra flavor; but I don't normally boil meatballs just for the sake of getting a meatball soup. If anything, I get the soup as a by-product of boiling the meatballs for another recipe.

When you intend to boil meatballs, don't be stingy on the condiments you put in them. A lot of the flavor of the meat and condiments will tranfers to the soup and the meatballs will be blander than when pan-fried only. Pan-frying meatballs before boiling them improves their flavor after boiling too.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 4 servings:

1 lb ground pork meatballs
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
olive oil
S&P
your favorite spices
other vegtables of your choice

Pic1: pork meatball soup

Directions

Sauté the chopped onions and garlic in a large frying pan until starting to brown.
Optionally, add the meatballs in batches and brown them as well.
Transfer all ingredients to a 2-qt saucepan and add 1 qt of water.
Bring to a boil over medium heat.
Add S&P to taste.
Simmer for about 30 minutes.

This recipe can now go several different ways, and they are all just as delicious:

You eat the soup with or without the meatballs.
You eat the meatballs as a meal and use the soup to make a sauce to go with it.
You add tomatoes, thicken the soup and use it all as a spaghetti sauce.

Why not all of he above? But you’ll need more meatballs then. :-)

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org