Meatball Soup (supa Cu Perisoare)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups water
• 1 stalk celery (chopped)
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 2 medium carrots (diced)
• 1 medium parsnip (diced)
• 2 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon fresh dill (may sub with 1/4 teaspoon dry dill, i always assure fresh dill when making this one)
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley (may sub with dried parsley, i usually add more)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 lb ground lamb (very lean)
• 1/2 cup long grain rice
• 1 medium onion (finely chopped, find grated works well for me)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 stock:bring water to a boil and add the chopped vegetables. lower the heat to medium and cook until partly done. add salt and pepper to taste. ( i do a bit of tweaking - i saute the onions and celery in a little oil - then add in the rest of the vegetables stirring for several minutes before adding the water and bringing to a boil.) then follow through to lowering the heat to medium and cooking until partly cooked.
• 2 meatballs:mix all the meatball ingredients and form into 1 inch balls.
• 3 drop meatballs into the stock mixture.
• 4 add dill, parsley and lemon juice.
• 5 cook for 1/2 hour or until meatballs are done.