Meatball Soup

                                              Meatball Soup


Hi guys, today instead of giving you a traditional dish of pasta with meatball sauce, I will be giving you an alternative dish. Today it is Meatball Soup. So below find the ingredients required and enjoy this tasty dish!


Ingredients:

• 750g beef bones
  
• 500g minced steak
  
• 2 sticks celery
  
• 2 carrots
  
• 1 lightly beaten egg
  
• 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
  
• 1 tablespoon oil
  
• 400g can peeled tomatoes
  
• 1/2 cup small pasta
  
• Salt
  
• Pepper
  
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
  
• Herbs (optional)

Directions:

• Place beef bones,the chopped carrots, and celery in a large saucepan.
  
• Cover with cold water and bring to boil. Reduce Heat and leave to simmer covered for 1 hour stirring occasionally
  
• In a bowl, combine the minced steak, the egg, the breadcrumbs and season with salt and pepper. I usually add some herbs for more taste.
  
• Take heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture and form into small balls
  
• Place oil in a small baking dish and add the meatballs in one layer and bake them in moderate pre-heated oven for 45 minutes turning occasionally
  
• Remove the celery and carrots from the stock and leave aside to cool
  
• Remove the bones from the stock and strain the liquid into a large bowl
  
• Return to saucepan and add the carrots, celery, the tomatoes and bring to boil
  
• When boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes
  
• Place pasta in saucepan of salted boiling water, cook for 10 minutes, strain and rinse under cold water
  
• Add the pasta to the soup with the meatballs and cook for a further 10 minutes
  
• Season with salt and pepper and stir in the chopped parsley
  
• Serve while hot!