never made it.

We like it though so I'm gonna wing it tomorrow.

I don't have a recipe (don't like recipes), but here is my plan with the ingredients I have......

Meatballs:

Ground pork, parm cheese, egg, bread crumbs, dago seasonings.

I will drop them into boiling stock then set aside. i thing this stock will be to greasy so it will get dumped.

Soup

Chicken stock, thighs......cook the chicken then de-goop and chunk it up.

Add spinach and some chopped carrots.

Before serving, add some of those little pasta balls and meatballs and simmer until cooked.

Ok........now tell me what I have screwed up.

I dunno, I've never made wedding soup, honestly not even sure if I've ever had it, but some cranberry beans might go well in there.

Beans are out......wife doesn't like them (if you can believe such a thing).

TG.........check your grocer.

Most of the major soup canners make a passable version.

It's an Italian thing.......everyone serves it around here.

Oh, I've seen it before on the shelves (Progresso brand), just never picked up a can to try.

I not really into canned soups.

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So, no beans. Hurmmmm.

Celery?

I = I'm

Try a can TG.....as with all canned soups, a liberal dose of cayenne sauce (aka salt, vinegar, and heat) is required. Also, if it is condensed, only add half a can of water.

Pretty good stuff.

Ok. I'll keep an eye out for the next time one of the markets runs a sale.

^Good idea!!!

You might save thirty cents on a two dollar can of soup.

(tightwad)

Never heard of it, and I've been to a few weddings. Also served as best man to a guy who is half Italian (their Thanksgiving dinners are the usual fare...PLUS a metric assload of Italian food).

Ahem, it's eighty-nine cents on a three-dollar-twenty-nine cent can...

^well duuuuuuh!!!

What the hell made you think this soup is served at WEDDINGS????????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_soup 

(actually I thought the same thing)

Anyway......around here it is basically a chicken based thin soup with leafy greens, tiny little meatballs (marble sized), and little bits of pasta(Acini di Pepe*).

I'm sure it varies by region, but it is an excellent soup and apparently a benefit of living in this area....along with Primanti sammiches and the best chicken wings in the universe.

* I suspect that Acini Di Pepe is just tiny pieces of spaghetti.

I can't even remember any soup being a big deal at weddings. Guess I've been left outta the loop.

No soup for me!

Andy,

Use Kale instead of spinach.

The spinach will turn too mushy and fall apart.

The kale holds some consistency.

First you should cook a whole chicken in the pot. Grab a roaster, cover with water and boil. De-bone and return to the water. You should add escarole, not spinach. Onion, carrots, celery (with leaves) garlic bay leaves. 3 eggs and parm/romano cheese. Mix together and at the end, temper the mix with some soup then blend.

Meatballs should be beef and pork, parsley, eggs, basil, bread crumbs, grated onion, Salt/pepper, parm/romano cheese, egg. Roll em small (Quick frying is ok) drop em in the soup.

Don't forget the croutons.

Loaf of bread cubed. 4 eggs, parsley, romano cheese, salt pepper, grated celery-onion-carrots. Lightly coat bread cubes with rest of ingredients and baked till lightly toasted.

That's how grandmom Nicolini made it and my mom and her sister and ......

I think Acini De Pepe translates into "Pepe's Ass"

At least that is what my made up Italian dictionary says.

You're in the soup the minute the wedding is over.

Thanks for the suggestions......but I had a finite ingredient list and soup was made as described with the exception of a fair amount of asiago grated into the broth.

Pretty damn good so far.

Then why'd ya ask? LOL!

^ for next time.