Italian wedding soup, known in Italian as , is a
soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with Stock (food), stock, milk, or water. According to ''The Oxford Compan ...
consisting mainly of green vegetables and meat in chicken broth. It is popular in the United States, where it is a staple in many Italian restaurants and diners.
Origin
The term ''wedding soup'' comes from a mistranslation of the
Italian language
Italian (, , or , ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It evolved from the colloquial Latin of the Roman Empire. Italian is the least divergent language from Latin, together with Sardinian language, Sardinian. It is ...
phrase ('married soup'). more directly translates to 'wedded broths'. The marriage of its meats and vegetables inside of its broth is the only matrimony relevant in this context.
See also
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List of Italian soups
This is a list of notable Italian soups. Soups are sometimes served as the ( first course) in Italian cuisine. In some regions of Italy, such as Veneto, soup is eaten more than pasta.
Italian soups
* – originally a peasant food, its pre ...
References
External links
{{Cookbook, Easy Wedding Soup
Food Network: Italian Wedding Soup by Giada de Laurentiis
Cuisine of Campania
Italian soups