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tomato soup with meatballs

2016-04-28

Soup with meatballs is a world-wide favorite with many local variations. My mother used to make tomato soup with meatballs in Belgium, although she made the meatballs smaller than this. They tasted just as good though!

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 4 servings:

for the soup:

• 6 plum tomatoes, peeled, diced
• 1 potato, diced
• S&P

for the meatballs:
You can put anything you like in those meatballs.
See also various meatball recipes under Meats / ground meat / meatballs

• 1 lb. ground beef, mixed
• 2 cups minced onion, bell pepper mix
• 1 egg
• 1 slice of bread
• optional:
  • 2 tbsp. craisins

Pic1: tomato soup with meatballs #1

Directions

Making the meatballs:

• Mix the meat, minced vegetables, bread, egg and craisins in a bowl.
• Add S&P, spices to taste.
• Make meatballs.
• Optional:
  • Brown the meatballs in a hot pan for extra flavor.

Making the soup:

• Dice the tomatoes and transfer to a saucepan.
• Add 1 qt. of water. Add the meatballs, S&P and spices as desired.
  I used 1 tbsp. dry parsley, 1 tsp. knorr chicken bouillon (MSG) and some powdered garlic.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer.
• Simmer for 5 more minutes after the meatballs come floating at the surface.
• Serve immediately.

Serving suggestions:

• Eat the soup as is. It's delicious.
• Add other vegetables while cooking the soup.
• Blend the soup and meatballs. (Pic4)
• Add 1 tbsp. heavy cream to each bowl.
• Add sliced avocado to each bowl.
• Add diced queso fresco to each bowl.
• Add brie or crumbled blue cheese to each bowl.

 

Pic2: tomato soup with meatballs #2, with potatoes
Pic3: tomato soup with meatballs #3, with onions
Pic4: tomato soup with meatballs #4, blended

 

Pic5: ground meat for meatballs
Pic6: add whatever you like in the meatballs
Pic7: roll the meatballs

 

Pic8: stew onions
Pic9: stew tomatoes
Pic10: crush, simmer & blend

 

Pic11: boiling meatballs #1
Pic12: boiling meatballs #2
Pic13: boiling meatballs #3

 

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