Italian Wedding Soup

• FOR THE MEATBALLS:
• 3/4 pounds Ground Chicken
• 1/2 pounds Chicken Sausage, Casings Removed (I Have Even Used Breakfast Sausage)
• 2/3 cups Fresh White Bread Crumbs
• 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
• 3 Tablespoons Fresh Parsley, Chopped
• 1/4 cups Pecorino Romano Cheese, Finely Grated
• 1/4 cups Parmesan Cheese, Finely Grated, Plus More For Serving
• 3 Tablespoons Milk
• 1 whole Extra Large Egg, Lightly Beaten
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1/3 teaspoons Black Pepper
• FOR THE SOUP:
• 2 Tablespoons Good Quality Olive Oil
• 1 cup Yellow Onion, Minced
• 1 cup Carrots, 1/4" Diced
• 3/4 cups Celery, 1/4" Diced
• 10 cups Homemade Chicken Stock, Or Store Bought
• 1/2 cups Dry White Wine
• 1 cup Small Pasta Stars
• 1/4 cups Fresh Dill, Minced
• Kosher Salt And Black Pepper
• 12 ounces, weight Baby Spinach, Washed And Trimmed
• Parmesan Cheese, To Serve

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
2. Place all the meatball ingredients in a bowl and combine gently. Drop 1 -1 1/4" meatballs onto the prepared sheet pan; you will have about 40 meatballs. (They will be gooey and don't have to be perfectly round.) Bake 30 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned. Set aside.
3. While meatballs are cooking, prepare the soup. Heat the olive oil over medium low heat in a large pot. Add the onion, carrots and celery and saute until soft, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add the stock and wine and bring to a boil. Add the star pasta to the simmering broth and cook until the pasta is tender, about 6 minutes. Add the dill and then the meatballs; simmer for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the spinach and cook until spinach is just wilted, about 1 minute.
4. To serve, ladle into soup bowls and garnish with Parmesan cheese. Serve with a nice fresh bread or focaccia. If this soup sits for any length of time, the pasta will absorb a lot of the liquid and you will have to add more stock.
5. Recipe from Barefoot Contessa's Back To Basics.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/soups/italian-wedding-soup-7/ (may not work)