Italian Wedding Soup

Homemade Chicken Broth (see recipe below)
1 head of escarole or spinach, washed and chopped
Mini meatballs (see recipe below)
acini di pepi


While broth is cooking make meatballs.  Add escarole and meatballs to broth.  Bring medium pot of water to boil and cook acini di pepe according to recipe.  Add pasta to soup.  May top with Parmesan cheese


CHICKEN BROTH
1whole cut up chicken
4-6 cups of COLD water
3 stalks of celery
1 medium whole onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
1 Tbl chopped parsley
salt
pepper



Put chicken in pot of cold water with celery, onion, salt and pepper. Bring to boil.  As water boils fat from the chicken will rise to the top; skim off.  Simmer 1; remove onion; add 1 cup chopped celery, carrots and parsley after 1 hour.  Cook an additional 1/2 hour


MEATBALLS
1 cup of ground beef
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup of Romano cheese
1 cloves of garlic, pressed
1 egg
1/8 cup chopped fresh parsley
salt
pepper

Salt and pepper the ground beef, add garlic.  Combine seasoned meat with breadcrumbs, Romano cheese, parsley and egg.  Roll into mini, bitsize meatballs.