← All recipes

🍽️ Classic Tomato Soup with Homemade Meatballs

354 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 slices toast bread (from the day before)
• 5 tbsp whipping cream
• 500 g ground meat
• 1 large egg
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• lemon zest
• 1 tbsp parsley (chopped)
• 0.5 tbsp rosemary (chopped)
• 1 clove garlic (pressed)
• butter
• 2 shallots
• 1 clove garlic
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 800 g chopped tomatoes
• 400 ml vegetable broth
• salt
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• pepper (from the mill)
• 3 tbsp chopped herbs (parsley, dill, basil)
• dill (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Pour the cream over the toast slices and let the bread soak for a short time.
2. 2. Squeeze the soaked bread and mix it in a large bowl with the minced meat, the egg, the garlic, the parsley, the rosemary, and the lemon zest.
3. 3. Season the meat mixture with salt and pepper and knead everything well.
4. 4. Form small, evenly sized balls from the mixture.
5. 5. Peel the shallots and the garlic and chop both ingredients finely.
6. 6. Heat olive oil in a pot and sauté the shallots and garlic until translucent.
7. 7. Stir the tomato paste into the oil.
8. 8. Add the tomatoes, the tomato sauce, and the broth to the pot.
9. 9. Let the soup simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes.
10. 10. Season the soup to taste with salt, sugar, and pepper.
11. 11. Fry the meatballs in butter for about 8 minutes until golden brown on all sides.
12. 12. Add the finished meatballs to the tomato soup.
13. 13. Gently fold the herbs into the soup.
14. 14. Serve the soup garnished with fresh dill.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 354
• Protein: 20 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 9 g