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Hearty greens and meatball soup

Hearty greens and meatball soup

Name: Hearty greens and meatball soup
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 onions finely chopped; 1 clove garlic crushed; 1-2 red chillies finely chopped; 1 litre chicken stock; 200g kale or spring greens roughly chopped; 3 tbsp orzo; 50g parmesan grated; 1 crustless slice white bread drizzled with 2 tbsp milk; 250g pork mince; 1 egg yolk; chopped to make 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley; ½ a clove garlic crushed; finely grated to make 2 tbsp parmesan

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 11, 2020 at 12:13 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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Lunch or dinner, this seriously beefed-up soup recipe is bound to keep hunger at bay. Making your own meatballs is so worth the effort

Low calorie

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Ingredients

Nutrition

3 tbsp olive oil
2 onions

finely chopped
1 clove garlic

crushed
1-2 red chillies

finely chopped
1 litre chicken stock
200g kale or spring greens

roughly chopped
3 tbsp orzo
50g parmesan

grated

MEATBALLS

1 crustless slice white bread

drizzled with 2 tbsp milk
250g pork mince
1 egg yolk
chopped to make 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley
½ a clove garlic

crushed
finely grated to make 2 tbsp parmesan

Nutrition: per serving

kcal389

low
fat23.3g
saturates8.2g
carbs13.2g
sugars5.4g
fibre4.7g
protein29.3g
salt2.6g

Method

step 1

To make the meatballs, break up the soaked bread into a mixing bowl, then add the remaining meatball ingredients with ½ tsp of salt and mix until well combined. Roll into 24 marble-sized balls and fry the meatballs all over in a large non-stick pan with 1 tbsp of olive oil until browned and cooked through. Scoop out onto a plate.
step 2

Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in the same pan. Fry the onion, with a good pinch of salt, for 5-10 minutes or until golden brown and caramelised. Stir in the garlic and chilli, and cook for 2 minutes. Add the stock, kale, orzo and meatballs, and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the orzo and greens are cooked. Sprinkle over the parmesan to serve.

Check out more meatball ideas here

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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