Ciorba: Romanian Vegetable and Meatball Soup

Name: Ciorba: Romanian Vegetable and Meatball Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound ground pork or mixed meat; 1/4 cup rice; 2 parsnips; 2 peeled tomatoes; 1 onion; 1 green bell pepper; 1/2 red bell pepper; yellow bell pepper (optional); 2 carrots; 1 turnip; 1 celery stalk; fresh cilantro; fresh thyme; 1 egg; creamy butter

Ñamñam @cook_4682883

A friend gave me this recipe, and it's delicious. I'm a soup lover, and Romania is the country of soups. They have so many recipes. I've removed sour ingredients like vinegar and others that I don't like.

Ñamñam @cook_4682883

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Ingredients

1 poundground pork or mixed meat
1/4 cuprice
2parsnips
2peeled tomatoes
1onion
1green bell pepper
1/2red bell pepper
yellow bell pepper (optional)
2carrots
1turnip
1celery stalk
fresh cilantro
fresh thyme
1egg
creamy butter

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Steps

1

In a pot, sauté all the vegetables, except the tomato, previously cut into small cubes.
2

Add water. I added about 2 inches above the vegetables. Boil for about 15 minutes.
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Boil the rice until soft, about 20-25 minutes.
4

In a bowl, mix the meat with 1 egg, a little cilantro, salt, and part of the rice. Leave some rice for the soup. Make small meatballs with this mixture.
5

Add the diced tomato, meatballs, and the rest of the rice to the soup and let it boil for 10 minutes.
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Finally, add the thyme and a little heavy cream.
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Note: Parsnips can be found in the fruit section of the supermarket, even though they are a vegetable.