Meatball Sub Soup | USA

Ingredients

• Fresh basil, for garnish
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• Italian bread, cut into 1½” cubes 1 loaf
• Kosher salt, to taste
• Pomi chopped tomatoes 2 (26-ounce) cans
• Pomi tomato paste 2 tablespoons
• chopped flat-leaf parsley 1 tablespoon
• diced yellow onion 1 cup
• diced yellow onion ½ cup
• egg 1
• extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons
• extra-virgin olive oil 1/3 cup
• freshly grated Parmesan ¼ cup
• garlic, chopped 2 cloves
• ground beef (80% lean/ 20% fat) 1 pound
• low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella cheese, cut into ¼” cubes 6 ounces
• plain breadcrumbs ¼ cup
• roughly chopped fresh basil leaves ¼ cup
• vegetable broth 6 cups
• whole milk ¼ cup