Ciorbă de perișoare — pork and rice meatball soup

Name: Ciorbă de perișoare — pork and rice meatball soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 tbsp fresh dill; ½ tsp vegeta seasoning; 4 cups of low-sodium chicken stock; 2 celery stalk; 0.25 cup of breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 4 cups of water; 2 large carrot; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp fresh lovage; 1 egg; 1 egg; 1 onion; 2 tbsp fresh parsley; ½ tsp pepper for the soup; ½ tsp pepper for the meatballs; 454 g raw ground pork; 0.25 cup of raw long-grain rice; ½ tsp salt for the soup; ½ tsp salt for the meatballs

Main course
Romanian

A lemony vegetable soup with herb and rice pork meatballs.

Active time35 min

Cooking45 min

Total1 h 15 min

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Ingredients

2 tbsp fresh dill
2 celery stalks
2 large carrots
1 onion
2 tbsp fresh parsley
1 egg
1 egg
454 g raw ground pork
4 cups of low-sodium chicken stock
a quarter of a cup of breadcrumbs
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 cups of water
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp pepper for the soup
½ tsp pepper for the meatballs
a quarter of a cup of raw long-grain rice
½ tsp salt for the soup
½ tsp salt for the meatballs
½ tsp Vegeta seasoning
2 tbsp fresh lovage

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Wash and chop the dill and parsley. Beat the egg for the meatballs. Mix the pork, beaten egg, uncooked rice, breadcrumbs, herbs and meatball salt and pepper. Shape into small even balls and keep chilled while preparing the stock.
Step completed · 2
Peel and chop the onion and carrots. Wash and slice the celery. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the vegetables for about 5 min until the onion is translucent. Add the soup salt and pepper, tomato paste, stock and water. Bring to a boil.
Step completed · 3
Lower the meatballs into the simmering stock. Cook for about 10 min until they rise and are cooked through with tender rice. Continue cooking if necessary. Wash and chop the lovage. Add Vegeta, lemon juice and lovage.
Step completed · 4
Beat the egg for the soup. Slowly pour it into the soup in a thin stream, stirring for 1 min to form strands. Cook for another 1 min and serve hot.

Allergens

Celery
Eggs
Gluten

Composition to check for: Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

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