Meatball Minestrone – The Stock Merchant

Ingredients

• For the meatballs:
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup of dried breadcrumbs
• a tablespoon of dried oregano
• 500g of ground grass fed beef (we love a mixture of beef and antibiotic and homone-free pork)
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons of finely chopped flat leaf parsley
• sea salt and cracked pepper
• For the soup:
• 2 carrots, finely diced
• 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1 medium brown onion, finely diced
• 2 stalks of celery, finely diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• A few sprigs of thyme, or a tablespoon of dried thyme
• 4 cups of The Stock Merchant Free Range Chicken Stock
• 1 x 400g can of cannellini beans
• 1 x 400g can of diced tomatoes
• Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• Crusty bread and good butter, to serve
• Basil pesto, to serve, optional