Vegetable Soup With Tiny Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 -6 cups beef broth or 5 -6 cups beef stock
• 1 (1 lb) can crushed tomatoes
• 3 stalks celery & leaves, chopped
• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 cup fine pasta
• 2 slices dry bread or 2 slices toast
• water
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• butter
• grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat beef broth to boiling. add veggies and oregano and simmer 12 minutes.
• 2 add pasta to bubbling soup; cook until pasta is almost done. drop tiny meatballs into soup; simmer 2 minutes.
• 3 season with salt and pepper.
• 4 serve with grated paremsan cheese.
• 5 mini meatballs: soak 2 slices dry bread or toast in water; squeeze out moisture.
• 6 lightly mix bread with 1 lb ground beef, egg, garlic and salt.
• 7 form in 3/4 inch balls using 1 teaspoon mixture for each.
• 8 brown in butter - makes 5 dozen.