Name: Meatball Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 13, 13 cups
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon olive oil; 1 egg (beaten); ½ cup heavy cream (can sub milk); 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs; ¼ cup Parmesan cheese (finely grated into a powder); 3 cloves garlic (finely diced); 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon pepper; ½ lb. ground beef (80% lean); ½ lb. ground pork; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 yellow onion (diced); ½ cup bell peppers (diced. (Red, green, or both)); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 3 cups chicken broth; 1 ½ cups beef broth (can sub chicken broth); 2 (14.5 oz.) cans diced tomatoes, undrained; 1 teaspoon hot sauce (optional); 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; ½ cup heavy cream; 2 cups spinach; 1 cup dry pasta (I used cavatappi); 1 teaspoon EACH: dried oregano, basil, parsley, mustard powder; 1 pinch red pepper flakes; Salt/Pepper (to taste); 8 oz. Ricotta Cheese; ½ cup Parmesan Cheese; Red Pepper Flakes

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Meatball Soup

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 13 · 1h 20m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

294KCAL

Protein

14g27% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat20g

25%

Saturated9g

45%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs16g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars4g

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incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch10g

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Sodium876mg

38%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A hearty tomato-based soup loaded with Italian meatballs, pasta, spinach, and bell peppers. Rich and satisfying, it's topped with ricotta and parmesan for extra richness.

Ingredients

13 SERVINGS

1 tbspolive oil
1egg — beaten
½ cupheavy cream — or milk
½ cupItalian breadcrumbs
¼ cupParmesan cheese — finely grated
3garlic — finely diced
1 tspsalt
½ tsppepper — ground
½ lbground beef (80% lean)
½ lbground pork
1 tbspbutter
1yellow onion — diced
½ cupbell peppers — diced, red, green, or both
3garlic — minced
2 tbsptomato paste
3 cupschicken broth
1½ cupsbeef broth — or chicken broth
2diced tomatoes — canned, undrained, 29 oz
1 tsphot sauce — optional
1 tspWorcestershire sauce
½ cupheavy cream
2 cupsspinach
1 cupdry pasta (cavatappi)
1 tspEACH: dried oregano, basil, parsley, mustard powder
1 pinchred pepper flakes
Salt/Pepper — to taste
8 ozRicotta Cheese
½ cupParmesan Cheese
Red Pepper Flakes

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Method

1h 20m total

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