I should be writing out Polish exercises but instead I'll post our dinner recipe. It's based on a traditional Italian soup that we used to have at our used-to-be favorite Italian restaurant. (When they started to close whenever they felt like it in the evening, we had to stop going there: it was too frustrating to be at a public hearing all evening dreaming about this soup and then get there and find they'd closed up for the evening because they'd gotten all the customers out and no one new had come in.)
Saute an onion in a big soup pot.
Add about 10 cups of chicken broth (I use 1/2 water and 1/2 canned broth) and bring to boil.
Stir in 1/2 or so C of orzo.
Drop in turkey meatballs (1/4 # ground turkey, 1 egg, salt and pepper, a dash of garlic powder and a dash of nutmeg, with enough breadcrumbs to make it stiff enough for meatballs. Roll by hand; Mrs. David says that's essential for meatballs).
Stir in one head of escarole, thoroughly washed and sliced.
Cook until orzo are soft (meatballs and escarole will be completely cooked in the time it takes the orzo to cook).
This is the perfect response to a cold winters day! Add a big loaf of New French Bakery bread and..... HEAVEN!
Posted by: The I B at February 26, 2006 12:29 PM