Meatball Soup

Or "ciorba de perisoare". This is another of the soups I grow up with and of course... it has my own twist.

(my own recipe)

Serves 6

Made in a 4lt pot

Ingredients:

• 400 gr minced meat of your choice
• 50 gr rice
• 500 ml tomato puree
• 1 egg
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots
• 2 tbsp oil
• 50 gr celeriac
• 1/2 bell pepper
• 3 small potatoes 
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 1 tsp  dried tarragon 
• salt and pepper

Step One

   First, chop the onion, the pepper and clean all the rest vegetables. Put the oil in the pot and fry the onion until golden, add the bell pepper and fry for 1-2 more mins. Afterwards, add the whole carrots and the piece of celeriac with 2 liters of water and let them simmer on medium heat for 30 mins.

Step Two 

  Put the minced meat in a bowl, add the rice, egg, salt and pepper. Mix well and make  the meatballs and set aside.

Step Three

 Take from the pot the celeriac and carrots and blend them. Add to the pot the meatballs, potatoes cut in to small cubes, tomato puree and the blended carrots and celeriac. Add 1lt of water, dried parsley and dried tarragon and cover with the lid. Let them simmer on medium heat for 1h or until the rice in the meatballs is cooked.

 ENJOY!!!