Groentesoep met Balletjes is a typical Dutch Soup. Literary translated Vegetable soup with balls. Didn’t realize that it’s a typical Dutch dish until I noticed I didn’t see it over here (USA). This is my version of groentesoep met balletjes.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Active Time10 hourshrs
Total Time10 hourshrs30 minutesmins
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Dutch
Yield: 10
Author: Arrisje
Materials
For the broth:
1chicken or turkey carcass
water
1large onion
3celery sticks
1carrot
½tsppeppercorns
2bay leaves
For the meatballs:
2slicesof bread
½tray of ground beefpreferably 97% or 93%
½tray of ground pork
1egg
1/2cupof bread crumbs
1small onionminced
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspcurry powder
1/2tspnutmeg
1/2tspchili paste or pepper
fresh parsley
For the soup:
2quartsof chicken broth
1leek
4green onions
celery leaves
1carrot
bunch of parsley
any chicken soup mix
1tbspbetter then bouillon
1/4cupof vermicelli
Instructions
Put the carcass in the slow cooker and fill with water. Cut up the onion, celery, carrot in big chunks. Add all to the slowcooker. Add the peppercorns and bay leaves. Put on low for at least 8 hours. (I did overnight).
Next day take all the vegetables and the carcass out of the broth. Use a sieve to make sure you there are no solids left. Now you can freeze the broth or use it for this soup.
Time to make the small meatballs. Mine are a bit big, next time have to make them smaller ;). Break up the bread, add enough milk to saturate the bread. Squeeze some milk out of the bread, put 1 egg, 1/2 cup of bread crumbs, minced onion and seasonings to the ground beef/pork, optional add fresh parsley to the ground meat. Mix all together and make some meatballs. Make sure you make them small, you noticed I didn't lol.
Cut the leek length wise and then cross wise so you have small pieces, rinse with water. All vegetables needs to be of uniform size. Cut the green onions, chop the celery leaves and shred the carrot. Chop the parsley.
Add the meatballs to the broth, they are done when they float to the top. Add the soup package of your choice to the broth. I found this one in the ethnic section you don't have to use this one you can use Knorr to. Add the chopped vegetables, the vermicelli (found that also in the ethnic section) and 1 tbsp of better then bouillon. Cook for about 20 minutes.