Italian Wedding Soup Has Gone Viral, And It's The Ultimate Comfort Food

Italian Wedding SoupThe second I see a brown leaf, my instincts kick in: almost reflexively, I start stewing apples and poaching pears. But for others, this culinary impulse takes a different form. We are, according to my social media feeds, officially in Soup Season. And even more precisely, a viral video posted by food creator @jujumaoo has made the autumn of 2025 Italian wedding soup season. Their recent post, which has racked up 9.5 million views as of the time of writing, joked that the classic recipe constitutes “soup so good it can cure any sickness”. While that claim is hyperbolic, we don’t think the hype around the comforting meal is overblown.What is “Italian wedding soup”? “Italian wedding soup” is thought to be a mistranslation of the Italian soup name “minestra maritata”. The original name is believed to have referred to the marriage of ingredients in the soup rather than the “marry me chicken”-style implications of the English language version.Some reckon the recipe was made in Spain before being brought to Naples, but it’s generally associated with southern Italy. Though it’s been traced back to 1200, it was popularised in the 16th century.Wherever it comes from, and whatever its name, certain elements of “Italian wedding soup” remain constant. There are always greens, meat (almost always containing at least some pork), celery, carrots, and onion. The Italian-American version tends towards including tiny meatballs as well as pasta, like the kind made in minestrone soup.@jujumaooItalian Wedding Soup | Soups So Good It Can Cure Any Sickness Ep. 12 INGREDIENTS: Meatballs: - 350g lean ground beef - 3 pcs Italian sausage, casings removed - 2 large egg - ⅓ cup of parsley, chopped - ½ tbsp of garlic powder - 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped - ½ cup bread crumbs - ⅓ cup grated parmesan cheese - Salt and pepper to taste Italian Wedding Soup Base: - Olive oil - 1 yellow onion, diced - 8-12 cloves of garlic, diced - 2 large carrots, diced - 2 stalks celery, diced - ½ cup of white wine - 3 cups chicken broth - 3 cups beef broth - 2 bay leaves - Salt and pepper to taste - 1 cup small pasta (orzo) - 3 cups spinach, chopped INSTRUCTIONS: - Start by making your meatballs. Add all ingredients under “Meatballs” in a large bowl and mix by hand. Form into tiny balls and fry in a pan. Set aside for later. - For the soup saute onions, garlic, carrots, and celery until fragrant and soft. Deglaze with white wine, and add equal parts chicken and beef stock. Integrate your orzo pasta and top with a bay leaf and let simmer for a few minutes. - After that add your meatballs in, remove the bayleaf and top with chopped spinach. Allow to simmer for another few minutes. - Top with more parmesan cheese, serve and enjoy! #Soups#asmr#ASMRCooking♬ original sound - Juju - JujuWhat’s the best recipe for Italian wedding soup?As with swamp potatoes and pretty much every great, long-lasting meal ever immortalised by multiple families, there’s no set recipe. For the kind popularised by creators like Juju, though, there is a pretty standard formula. First, make a meatball mix – you can do this using beef mince and Italian sausage along with egg, breadcrumbs, parsley, salt, and pepper, or you can choose a mixture of pork and beef mince. Some people add chives instead of parsley; it’s more a philosophy than a prescription. Fry these off and remove them from the pan.Then, make your soup using chopped onions, carrots, and celery fried in olive oil until soft (this is less negotiable). Add garlic if you want.After that, you can deglaze the pan with white wine and stock, or just stock, and add in tiny pasta – be it orzo, ditalini, stelline, or even pearl couscous.Chuck in a bay leaf if you have one, and continue to simmer until the pasta is just cooked. Then, add the meatballs back in, and include your greens last-minute; spinach and kale are popular choices. Add salt and pepper at the end as preferred, and voila – you’ll have a bowl of Italian wedding soup. Well, I know what I’m making for dinner tonight...Related...'Swamp Potatoes' Have Gone Viral, And It's The Easiest Slow Cooker Recipe I've SeenThis Poached Pear Porridge Recipe Contains A Third Of Your Daily FibreThis £2 'Marry Me' Butter Bean Recipe Takes 15 Minutes And Contains Almost A Third Of Your Daily Fibre

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