Romanian meatball sour soup

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This Romanian soup with meatballs and vegetables has a bright, lightly sour finish from lemon.

Serves: 4 people

Preparation time: 40 min

Ingredients

• ground beef – 14 oz
• rice – 1/4 cup
• onion – 1 small, grated
• egg – 1
• parsley – 2 tbsp, chopped
• carrots – 2, small diced
• celery stalks – 2, finely sliced
• red bell pepper – 1, diced
• chicken stock – 6 cups
• diced tomatoes – 1 can (14 oz)
• lemon juice – 3 tbsp
• salt – to taste
• black pepper – to taste

Method

Step 1
Mix the ground beef with the rice, grated onion, egg, parsley, salt, and black pepper and roll small meatballs.

Step 2
Bring the chicken stock, carrots, celery, bell pepper, and diced tomatoes to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 3
Gently lower the meatballs into the broth and cook the soup for another 15 minutes.

Step 4
Stir in the lemon juice and check the seasoning.

Step 5
Serve the soup hot.