Romanian Meatball Soup
Servings: 6 portions
Calories: 228kcal
Like in Transylvania, Romanian Meatball Soup with lots of vegetables and sour cream is one of my family's most loved and requested recipes.
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Equipment
- 1 Soup Pot
- 1 bowl
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken bones 2 pieces chicken backs
- 4 pieces carrots
- 1 piece parsley root
- ¼ pieces celery root
- 1 piece onion
- 1 piece red bell pepper
- 1.5 tbsp sea salt kosher
- ½ tsp ground pepper freshly ground
- 1 tsp celery leaves dried
- 1 tsp lovage leaves dried
- 1 bunch parsley chopped
Meatballs
- 375 g pork mince 15% fat
- 1 piece egg free range
- 1 piece onion grated
- 1 tsp sea salt kosher
- ½ tsp ground pepper freshly ground
Liaison
- 2 pieces egg yolks free range
- 2 tbsp sour cream or double cream
Instructions
- Put the chicken bones to boil in a soup pot in cold water to which you have added a spoonful of sea salt. Boil on low heat for about half an hour, and if you see foam on top, collect it with a spoon.
- Clean and cut the carrots, parsley roots, celery roots, onion and red bell pepper into small cubes.
- Mix the pork mince well with an egg and finely grated onion in a bowl, and season with sea salt, ground pepper and dried celery leaves. Form balls the size of walnuts.
- Add the meatballs one by one to the chicken soup. Wait until it starts to boil again, and add the finely chopped root vegetables, less the red bell pepper.
- Season with sea salt, ground pepper, dried lovage and celery leaves.
- After ten minutes, add the chopped red bell pepper.
- Mix two egg yolks with two large spoonfuls of cream in a bowl until you get a homogeneous paste.
- Turn off the heat, and you raise the temperature of the liaison to that of the soup, mixing three ladlefuls of soup into the bowl and then pouring everything back into the pot.
- Add a bunch of fresh, chopped parsley and the juice of half a lemon.
- Serve hot, with pickled or fresh chilli and fresh bread. You can add more sour cream or a few drops of lemon juice.
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Notes
If you don’t have chicken bones, you can skip this step by adding chicken stock, soup, or water.
The vegetables can also be grated, but then the cooking time of the vegetables will be shorter.
Nutrition
Calories: 228kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 2191mg | Potassium: 451mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1616IU | Vitamin C: 46mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 2mg
