Italian wedding: scene from The Godfather (1972).
You don’t have to be Italian to enjoy Italian Wedding Soup and, with our current weather forecast, you may find it a very tasty way to ward off the chill of the next day or two.
Janet, one of our Urban Deli customers, came by one day and shared a recipe for Italian Wedding Soup with us. Not only that, she also brought in the finished dish and it was wonderful!
It’s great with something as simple as bread sticks, Italian bread or baguette. Of course, a nice wine would be nice too. 🙂
Thank you to Janet for both the recipe and the sample.
Ingredients:
– 6 cups chicken broth
– 1 package mild sausage
– 3 tbsp garlic
– 2 cups celery (chopped)
– 1 large red onion (chopped)
– 1 – 16 oz (300g) frozen spinach (chopped)
– 1/2 – 3/4 cup pearl barley
Preparation:
1 – Remove sausage meat from sleeve and make into meatballs. SautĂ© with garlic in a frying pan until cooked.
2 – In a large pot, sautĂ© chopped celery, onions and garlic until soft.
3 – Add chicken broth, spinach and barley, sausage meatballs to cooked veggies.
4 – Simmer for 2 hours
Serve with freshly ground parmesan cheese and enjoy!
(Aside: according to Wikipedia, the phrase wedding soup, “… is a mistranslation of the Italian language, minestra maritata (“married soup”), which is a reference to the fact that green vegetables and meat go well together.”)
