Secret Recipes

Liberace's Meatball Soup

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/8 lbs ground pork
• 3 Tbsp chopped parsley
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 4 Tbsp flour, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 quarts salted water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 1/2 cup light cream
• 8 boiling potatoes
• 2 slices bread, soaked in milk and squeezed dry

Mix together beef, pork, parsley, half the onion, 1 tablespoon flour, eggs, bread, salt and pepper. Shape into spheres the size of golf balls. Simmer in salted water with bay leaf, allspice and remaining onion for 30 minutes. Thicken broth with additional flour.

Remove 1/2 cup broth and mix with remaining flour until smooth. Return to pan and blend well. Simmer for several minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cream.

Serve over boiled potatoes, with a bowl of crisp salad or coleslaw. Also, serve in glitter and sequenced robe.

Servings:

6 to 8