Wedding soup


Wedding soup or Italian wedding soup is an Italian soup consisting of green vegetables and meat. It is popular in the United States, where it is a staple in many Italian restaurants.

Ingredients

Wedding soup consists of green vegetables and meat in a clear chicken-based broth. Wedding soup sometimes contains pasta, lentils, carrots, or grated parmesan cheese.

Origin

The term "wedding soup" comes from the Italian language phrase "minestra maritata", which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/"marriage" of greens and the meat. The minestra maritata recipe is also prepared by the families of Lazio and Campania. Some form of minestra maritata was long popular in Toledo, Spain, before pasta became an affordable commodity to most Spaniards. The modern wedding soup is quite a bit lighter than the old Spanish form, which contained more meats than just the meatballs of modern Italian-American versions.