Monday, January 9, 2012

New paleo recipe that I love.

So, I made a recipe on my own that I'm pretty proud of that I wanted to share. Even boyfriend liked it (and he doesn't like much).

Lindsey's Super-Delicious Paleo Meatball Soup

Meatballs:
1 total pound of both ground pork and ground beef (I bought stuff on the cheap so I had to mix my own)
1/2 a white onion, chopped very fine or grated into the meat mixture
1 egg
1 tablespoon fresh chopped (or grated) garlic
1/2 cup fresh chopped flat leaf parsley
*1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese (not paleo so the*)

Soup
1/3 pound pancetta cut into lardons (thin strips)
2 large shallots, diced
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
1 qt beef stock
1 qt chicken stock
2 cups fresh chopped kale

Preheat the oven to 350.

Mix the meatball mixture until everything is sufficiently combined and not longer. Roll meatballs in hands at about 1 inch size (or use a melon baller - cheater). Place on foil-lined cookie sheet and bake 20 or so minutes (depends on how big the balls - ha ha, balls).

While the meatballs are cooking, place a soup pot on medium and heat up. Once you can feel the heat four inches or so off the surface of the pan, render the fat from the pancetta keeping it from burning yet still rendering. Once the fat from the pancetta is rendered and the meaty portion is cooked, add the shallots. Cook until translucent. Add the broth. Bring up to a boil and add the mushrooms. Adding the mushrooms now adds this earthy quality to the soup.

Add the meatballs to the soup. Let them simmer about a half hour and add kale. Eat. Delicious.

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