Herbed tomato vegetable soup & meatballs recipe | TASTE

Ingredients

• 1 x 650 g minestrone soup mix, pack
• 3-4 T olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3 T flat-leaf parsley chopped
• 1 x 400 g chopped Italian tomatoes, can
• 9 cups beef stock
• 500 g pumpkin or butternut, cut into chunks
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 50 g spaghetti, broken
• Basil leaves, torn, for sprinkling
• Parmesan, grated, for sprinkling
• For the meatballs, mix:
• 500 g free-range extra-lean beef mince
• 1 free-range egg, beaten
• ½ onion medium-sized, grated
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 100 g breadcrumbs
• 50 g Parmesan grated
• ½ cup flat-leaf parsley chopped
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste