There are many different kinds of soups in the world. In each country, soups are different dishes. For example, in Germany there are soups with both sausages and sausages. Japan makes soups from different plants and also adds soy sauce and oyster sauce
to their soups
. The
Italians invented adding meatballs to their soups
.
It is hard to say which cook first realized the recipe for meatball soup. However, it is still considered relevant for the whole of Europe and the CIS countries. The secret of soup with meatballs is that it is universal. That is, such a soup can be combined with many ingredients. The main thing is to add meatballs to the dish.
Let’s tell you how to make a flavorful soup with meatballs.
Ingredients for soup with meatballs:
- fat – 1 tbsp;
- minced pork – 400 g;
- onion – 2 pcs;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- ground black pepper – a pinch;
- carrots – pcs;
- smoked paprika – ½ tsp;
- hops-suneli – ½ tsp;
- tomato juice – 200 ml;
- lentils – 180 ml
- zucchini;
- bay leaf – pcs.
Preparation of soup with meatballs:
In a thick-bottomed saucepan with a thick bottom, melt fat. Chop finely one onion, mix with minced meat, salt and pepper.
Beat the minced meat, divide into small lumps
.
In a pan on fat fry meatballs on both sides.
While f
rying
meatballs, cut quarter rings of onion and grate carrots
.
Put the meatballs in a separate container.
In the same pan fry onions and carrots in fat, mix with hmeli-suneli and paprika. Pour tomato paste to the vegetables, press garlic cloves through the press.
Rinse lentils and pour them into the vegetable mixture with tomato paste. Cut zucchini into small cubes and
add
to the mixture of lentils, vegetables and paste
. Pour broth or water into the mixture and add meatballs in advance.
Cook the soup until the lentils are cooked. Add the bay leaf to the soup at the end of cooking.
After cooking, let the soup stand for 10 minutes. By the way, instead of zucchini you can use potatoes, and decorate the soup when serving with green onions.
