Italian Wedding Soup (Italian Meatball Soup)
"Italian wedding soup, or minestra maritata, doesn’t really have much to do with weddings at all. It’s said to get its name from the “marriage” of the ingredients—meat, greens, and noodles or eggs...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/2 cup finely chopped onion
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1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
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1 large egg, lightly beaten
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1 tsp. minced garlic
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1 tsp. kosher salt
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1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
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1 cup fresh bread crumbs made from rustic white bread
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1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
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6 oz. ground beef (85% lean), home-ground or store-bought
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6 oz. ground pork or Italian sausages, removed from the casings
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1/4 lb. ground veal or turkey
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3 quarts homemade chicken stock or best quality canned low-sodium chicken broth
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1 lb. escarole, spinach, chard, or curly endive, washed and coarsely chopped
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2 large eggs
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2 Tbs. freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus more for garnish
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Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
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