Italian Wedding Soup - Rosalie Serving

Ingredients

• 3 quarts water
• 1 carton Kitchen Basics Chicken Stock (4 cups)
• 1 whole soup chicken
• 3 stalks celery with leaves, cut into thick pieces
• 2 medium carrots peeled and quartered
• 1 medium onion quartered
• 2 to 3 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1-pound ground chuck or sirloin
• ¼ cup plain bread crumbs
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 clove garlic chopped fine
• 2 tablespoon fresh curly parsley
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 head escarole, chopped, about 4 cups
• ½ pound acini di pepe pasta,
• 2 teaspoons salt
• Coarse ground black pepper
• Freshly grated Parmesan cheese