Meatball Soup (Supa Cu Perisoare)

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 1 stalk celery (chopped)
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 2 medium carrots (diced)
• 1 medium parsnip (diced)
• 2 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon fresh dill (may sub with 1/4 teaspoon dry dill
• I always assure fresh dill when making this one)
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley (may sub with dried parsley
• I usually add more)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• to taste
• 1 lb ground pork (very lean)
• 12 cup long grain rice
• 1 medium onion (finely chopped
• find grated works well for me)
• 1 egg
• 14 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 14 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)

Instructions

1. Stock:bring water to a boil and add the chopped vegetables.
2. Lower the heat to medium and cook until partly done.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. ( I do a bit of tweaking - I saute the onions and celery in a little oil - then add in the rest of the vegetables stirring for several minutes before adding the water and bringing to a boil.)
5. then follow through to lowering the heat to medium and cooking until partly cooked.
6. Meatballs:Mix all the meatball ingredients and form into 1 inch balls.
7. Drop meatballs into the stock mixture.
8. Add dill, parsley and lemon juice.
9. Cook for 1/2 hour or until meatballs are done.