Littlemafia'S Romanian Meatballs Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For soup
3 liters water
3 carrots
2 parsley roots
1/4 celery root
2 onions
2 tablespoons tomato paste
salt
200 ml sour cream (optional)
2 egg yolks (optional)
fresh parsley
celery leaves
lovage, leaves
lemon juice
For meatballs
2 tablespoons white rice
1/2 kg ground meat
1 egg
salt
pepper
parsley
breadcrumbs

Preparation

To make the meatballs, mix together all the ingredients. Then take a little of this mixture and make little balls (the size that you like - my mom makes them quite big while I prefer them small).
Fry the chopped onion in oil .
Add the chopped or grated onion,carrot,parsley and celery root.
Add the water , salt and leave to boil for 10 - 15 minutes, then add the meatballs to the soup, one by one.
Simmer until the meatballs rise - about 30-45 minutes .
Add the parsley .
Turn off the heat and cover for 15 minutes.
This step is optional :In a separate bowl, mix 2 egg yolks with the sour cream. Add the egg/sour cream mixture into the soup.
To season the soup add fresh lemon juice - adjusting to taste.
Add the chopped parsley,the celery and the lovage leaves.
Serve with sour cream.