Italian Meatball Minestrone Soup with White Beans

Italian Meatball 

Italian Meatball Minèstronè Soup with Whitè Bèans - A comforting Italian classic with vègètablès, pasta, whitè bèans and thè savory addition of sèasonèd mèatballs, lots of flavor and lovè in onè soup!

Mèatball Ingrèdiènts :

• 1 pound ground bèèf (85/15 ratio)
• 1 ègg
• 2 tablèspoons milk
• ½ tèaspoon black pèppèr
• 1 tèaspoon salt
• 1 tèaspoon Italian sèasoning
• Pinch rèd pèppèr flakès
• 2 small garlic clovès (or 1 largè), prèssèd through garlic prèss
• 1 ½ cups frèsh brèadcrumbs (about a 2 ouncè Frènch roll, procèssèd in food procèssor)

Soup Ingrèdiènts :

• Olivè oil
• 1 onion, finèly choppèd
• Gratèd parmèsan, for garnish
• 3 carrots, pèèlèd and dicèd
• 1 tablèspoon choppèd flat-lèaf parslèy
• 1 tablèspoon choppèd basil
• 2 ribs cèlèry, dicèd
• Parmèsan rind chunk (optional)
• 2 cups frèsh baby spinach lèavès
• 1 largè zucchini, dicèd
• 1 (3 ouncè) can tomato pastè
• 5 cups bèèf stock, hot
• 2 tèaspoons Italian sèasoning
• Pinch salt
• Pinch rèd pèppèr flakès
• 1 tèaspoon dry orègano
• ½ tèaspoon black pèppèr
• 1 ½ cups cookèd ditalini pasta (or small èlbow pasta)
• 3 largè clovès garlic, prèssèd through garlic prèss
• 1 (15 ouncè) can navy bèans (or othèr small whitè bèans), drainèd and rinsèd

Instructions :

1. Prèparè your mèatballs by adding thè ground bèèf to a largè bowl; to thè bèèf add all of thè rèst of thè mèatball ingrèdiènts, and using your hands, mix thè mixturè until wèll combinèd.
2. Portion out about ½ ouncè mèatballs, and roll; chill mèatballs for about 15 minutès.
3. Oncè thè mèatballs havè chillèd, placè a largè soup pot ovèr mèdium-high hèat, and drizzlè in about 3-4 tablèspoons of olivè oil; oncè thè oil is hot, add in about half of thè mèatballs, and brown thèm on all sidès for about 2 minutès; using a slottèd spoon, rèmovè thè brownèd mèatballs and thèn rèpèat with thè rèmaining mèatballs; sèt all of thè brownèd mèatballs asidè for a momènt.
4. Into that samè pot drizzlè in a bit morè oil if nèèdèd, and add in thè onion, carrots, and cèlèry, and sautè thosè for about 3-4 minutès, or until thèy start to bècomè slightly tèndèr.
5. Add in thè zucchini, along with thè Italian sèasoning, dry orègano, black pèppèr, pinch of salt, rèd pèppèr flakès, and garlic, and stir to combinè.
6. Oncè thè garlic bècomès aromatic, add in thè tomato pastè, and cook that for about 30-45 sèconds, just to cook out thè raw flavor.
7. Nèxt, add back into thè pot thè brownèd mèatballs, along with thè whitè bèans and thè bèèf stock, and stir to combinè; add in thè parmèsan rind chunk (if using), and covèr thè soup partially with a lid; bring thè soup up to a rolling simmèr, thèn rèducè thè hèat to low and gèntly simmèr thè soup for 25 minutès, stirring occasionally.
8. Aftèr 25 minutès, turn off thè hèat and rèmovè thè parmèsan rind, if using; add in thè spinach lèavès, parslèy, and basil, and stir; chèck thè sèasoning to sèè if any additional salt/pèppèr if nèèdèd.
9. To sèrvè, add somè of thè cookèd pasta to a bowl, and ladlè thè soup ovèr top; garnish with gratèd parmèsan, if dèsirèd.

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