Hearty meatball soup

Serves:

4

Ingredients

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 onion (finely sliced)
• 2 garlic clove (minced)
• 2 celery stalk (sliced)
• 1 carrot (large, diced)
• 400 g canned diced tomato
• 1 1/2 cup passata
• 2 cup vegetable stock (liquid)
• 2 cup water
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp sage
• 1 tsp basil
• 2 tsp sugar

Meatballs

• 500 g lean pork mince
• 1 onion (small, finely chopped)
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• 1/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 egg (lightly beaten)

Method

Heat oil in a large saucepan and add onion, garlic, celery and carrot with a pinch of salt.

Cook on medium-low for 10 minutes until vegetables are soft.

Add remaining soup ingredients and bring to a simmer. Simmer gently for 15-20 minutes.

While soup is simmering, make the meatballs. Mix mince, onion and garlic together.

Add breadcrumbs and egg and season with salt and pepper.

Mix ingredients together and make meatballs using a heaped teaspoonful of mixture each.

Place meatballs into the simmering soup and turn the heat up a little to bring the soup back to a simmer.

Simmer for 20 minutes and serve in big bowls with a sprinkling of fresh parsley.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• This meatball soup is healthy, low-fat and low-calorie. Great for everyone in the family, it’s loaded with vegetables, herbs and extra lean meatballs.
• Feel free to use extra lean beef mince if you prefer, instead of the pork.
• This recipe was created by Jay Rogers for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder.