This is my Grandmother's "garbage soup" eaten mostly in January and February. I never liked it as a kid (though I did like to eat only the pepperoni out of the soup), I have now grown fond of it. Enjoy!
Please note - this recipe was written down as it was dictated.

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Escarole Soup
2. By
3. Grandma Pearl Bonfitto
4. First, make your chicken soup
5. • Boil a small chicken
6. • Add chopped carrots, onion, celery
7. • In a separate pan of water with some salt added, boil chopped escarole – the curly kind if possible – it’s tender
8. • Cook escarole until it is tender
9. • (REMOVE THE CHICKEN FROM THE SOUP)
10. • Drain and add the cooked escarole to the chicken soup
11. • Salt and pepper to taste
12. • Cut one stick of good pepperoni into rounds and add.
13. You can also add tiny meatballs – if you like
14. • In a mixing bowl mix together;
15. o pound good hamburger finely ground
16. o finely ground parsley
17. o grated cheese, salt, pepper to taste
18. o 1 egg
19. o cup bread crumbs
20. o pinch of nutmeg
21. • Roll out the mixture into small, round meatballs and drop in the soup
22. • The meatballs will be very soft. DO NOT STIR the soup until the meatballs are cooked
23. • OPTIONAL:
24. o Add cup of rice (no more than that)