Buca Di Beppo Italian Wedding Soup Food

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

Steps:

• To make the meatballs: Stir the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl to blend. Stir in the cheese, beef and pork. Using 1 1/2 teaspoons for each, shape the meat mixture into 1-inch-diameter meatballs. Place on a baking sheet.
• To make the soup: Bring the broth to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and curly endive and simmer until the meatballs are cooked through and the curly endive is tender, about 8 minutes. Whisk the eggs and cheese in a medium bowl to blend. Stir the soup in a circular motion. Gradually drizzle the egg mixture into the moving broth, stirring gently with a fork to form thin stands of egg, about 1 minute. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve. Finish soup with parmesan cheese if desired.

BUCA DI BEPPO LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the stock to a boil.
• Add lentils, carrot, onion,celery,sausage and sage.
• Turn heat down to med and cook for about 1 hour or until the soup thickens.
• Stir in tomatoes salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve soup in individual bowls with a little extra virgin olive oil.

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot over medium high heat, saute meatballs and chicken until cooked through. (I usually start with the meatballs, then remove them while I cook the chicken in their fat. If there isn't enough fat to saute chicken, that's when to add an appropriate amount of olive oil.).
• When meatballs and chicken have finished cooking, add the garlic, red pepper flakes and diced red pepper. Saute over medium heat for one minute.
• Add chicken broth and bring to soft boil over medium high heat.
• Add spinach and cooked pasta and heat until spinach wilts.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle into bowls, and garnish each serving with 1-2 tbls. grated cheese. You may also garnish with additional roasted red peppers, if desired.
• NOTE: Do not add the pasta until right before serving, or it will get large and mushy from absorbing a lot of the broth. If making the soup in advance, omit the pasta until you're ready to serve. Then, heat the mix and add the pasta as directed.

BUCA DI BEPPO PORCHETTA RUSTICA (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Place the pork loin in baking pan, fat side down.
• Combine salt, pepper and rosemary in small bowl.
• Rub pork with olive oil, then season both sides with seasoning mixture.
• Bake pork loin, fat side up, in a 350° convection oven with the wind on.
• Rotate pork after 30 minutes.
• Cook pork another 20 minutes and check internal temperature. The pork is done when the thickest part of the loin reaches an internal temperature of 140°.
• When pork is almost done, place the butter in a sauté pan and melt over medium heat. Do not allow butter to burn.
• Add shallots and sauté until they are translucent.
• Deglaze pan with the red wine. Bring to a boil, add brown sugar, cinnamon, filberts, blueberries and capers and reduce sauce to a glaze.
• Slice pork approximately 3/8 of an inch thick or to your desired portion size.
• Transfer pork to plate and ladle sauce over meat.
• Serve with roasted vegetables and enjoy!
• *You can substitute toasted pecans if filberts or hazelnuts are not available to you.

BUCA DI BEPPO ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

Steps:

• SAUSAGE MEATBALL PROCEDURE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll 5 oz. of sausage into miniature meatballs.
• Place on a well-oiled cookie sheet and bake in oven for 5 minutes.
• Remove and let cool. Set aside.
• PASTINA PROCEDURE: Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 lb. Pastina. Cook until al dente (approximately 10 min.). Strain and set aside.
• CHICKEN TENDER PROCEDURE: Slice 4 oz. of boneless chicken breast into strips.
• Brush cookie sheet with olive oil, and lay out chicken strips.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano.
• Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove and let cool. Set aside.
• TO SERVE -- Heat chicken stock. When boiling add cooked chicken, sausage meatballs, chopped escarole and Pastina.
• In a separate bowl mix 2 fresh eggs and 1/2 cup of Romano cheese.
• Add the egg/Romano cheese mixture to the boiling soup and stir gently. Cook one more minute until egg mixture is firm.
• Pour into bowls and garnish with diced red peppers and Romano cheese.