Italian Wedding Soup – Frankie Avalon Foods, LLC

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup soft breadcrumbs made from day-old bread
• 2 tablespoons whole milk
• ¼ cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese (1 ounce)
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
• ½ teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 8 ounces ground veal
• 2 ounces ground pork, or more ground veal
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 medium carrot, cut into 1/2 inch dice
• 1 medium celery rib, cut into 1/4 inch dice
• 6 cups Next-Day Roasted Chicken Stock (from Frankie’s cookbook) or canned reduced sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 small head escarole, coarsely chopped