Sour meatball soup…or ”Ciorba de perisoare’
Sour meatball soup…or ”Ciorba de perisoare”
Prep Time50 mins
Total Time1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1 pound grounded meat
(mixed beef and pork) - 1 pound beef (or veal) with bones
- 2 small onions
- 2 slices of bread
- 2 tablespoon rice
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 parsley root
- 3-4 carrots
- 1 parsnip root
- 3-4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2-3 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 bunch of lovage leaves (or parsley leaves)
Instructions
- Bring to boil 6 cups of water in a pot.
- Finely slice: 1 onion, the parsley, the parsnip and the carrots and put them in the water. Add the beef (or veal) meat.
- In the mean time soak the bread in water then squeeze it. Mash the bread with a fork.
- Mix the ground meat with the other finely chopped onion, the mashed bread and the rice, and season with salt and ground black pepper. For a more tender meat composition add 2-3 tablespoons of water.
- Make small meat balls rolling them with wet hands.
- When the vegetables become tender put the meat balls in the boiling water. Reduce heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes.
- When the soup is almost done the meatballs are coming to the surface as the soup simmers.
- Add the tomato paste and stir.
- Finely chop the lovage and add it to the soup, and then season with salt and vinegar. If you do not have lovage, you can use fresh parsley leaves instead.
- The soup is delicious served with a bit of sour cream, and a hot pepper on the side.
Notes
Ideal serving with sour cream and chili pepper. I guarantee you will like it!
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