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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a mixing bowl, combine the bread crumbs, cheese, nutmeg and 1/4 cup onion. Add the egg and ground meats and blend well with your hands. Shape into little meatballs, about 3/4 inch to one inch in diameter. | 2. Brown them in a little hot oil until they are well colored on all sides. Drain on a paper towel. | 3. In the bottom of a large soup kettle or dutch oven, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil and saute the garlic and the onion slowly until they begin to disintegrate. Do not let them brown or burn. You may need to add a tsp of stock as they cook. | 4. Sprinkle the flour over the onion mixture and stir continuously as you make the roux. Stir until the flour turns a light brown. Pour the boiling beef stock into the kettle and bring to a boil, stirring to blend well. | 5. Add the pasta and the spinach and simmer until the pasta is tender. Adjust the seasonings. Return the meatballs to the soup and heat through. Serve hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1/2	lb	ground	449.05699999999996	0.0	44.0439	28.8712
pork	1/2	lb	ground	852.768	0.0	31.5479	79.5388
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
fine breadcrumb	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
onion	1/4	cup	minced	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
nutmeg	1/8	teaspoon	ground	1.4438	0.1355	0.0161	0.0999
olive oil				-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
onion	1		minced	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
beef stock	2	quarts	boiling	-	-	-	-
spinach	1	lb	washed stemmed drained	99.7904	17.6901	9.979	1.3608
orzo pasta	1/2			-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
red pepper flake			crushed	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.