Recipes · Romanian · Soups and Broths
Ciorbă de Perișoare (Romanian Sour Meatball Soup)
One serving has 352 kcal and 17 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin C (92%), vitamin K (84%), vitamin A (67%), thiamin (63%), pyridoxine (47%) and selenium (42%). Ready in 70 minutes.
- Preparation: 25 min
- Cooking: 45 min
- Makes: 1 serving (730 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Gluten-free
- Contains: celery, dairy, egg, pork
Ingredients
- 70 g Pork, minced, raw
- 10 g Rice, short-grain
- 30 g Onions, raw
- 8 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 2 g Dill, fresh
- 3 g Parsley, fresh
- 0.5 g Salt
- 0.2 g Black pepper
- 40 g Carrots, raw
- 20 g Parsnip or parsley root, raw
- 20 g Celeriac, raw
- 30 g Bell pepper, red, raw
- 400 g Water
- 50 g Tomatoes, raw
- 8 g Tomato paste
- 15 g Lemon juice
- 3 g Lovage (leuștean), or celery leaves
- 20 g Sour cream
Method
- Grate a third of the onion and mix it into the minced pork with the rinsed rice, the egg, half the dill and parsley, a pinch of the salt and the pepper; with wet hands, roll it into small balls the size of a walnut.
- Dice the rest of the onion with the carrot, parsnip, celeriac and red pepper, put them in a pot with the water, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Drop the meatballs into the simmering soup one at a time, let it come back to a gentle simmer and cook for 20 minutes without stirring, skimming off any foam, until the meatballs and their rice are cooked through.
- Add the tomato, grated or finely chopped, and the tomato paste, and simmer for 10 minutes more.
- Stir in the lemon juice and the rest of the salt and taste: a ciorbă should be clearly sour. Romanians sour it with borș, fermented wheat bran, which the lemon juice stands in for here.
- Take it off the heat and stir in the chopped lovage and the rest of the dill and parsley.
- Serve hot with the sour cream, with bread and a hot green pepper alongside if you like.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 352 kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 27.8 g | |
| Water | 662 mL | |
| Fiber | 5.1 g | 17% |
| Protein | 16.5 g | 34% |
| Tryptophan | 0.2 g | |
| Threonine | 0.76 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.73 g | |
| Leucine | 1.3 g | |
| Lysine | 1.3 g | |
| Methionine | 0.39 g | |
| Cystine | 0.24 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.67 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.55 g | |
| Valine | 0.86 g | |
| Histidine | 0.57 g | |
| Fat | 20.1 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 7.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.6 g | |
| Saturated | 7.9 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.16 g | |
| Cholesterol | 92 mg | |
| Calcium | 104 mg | 10% |
| Copper | 0.25 mg | 28% |
| Iron | 2.5 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 56.8 mg | 18% |
| Manganese | 0.53 mg | 29% |
| Phosphorus | 255 mg | 36% |
| Potassium | 872 mg | 19% |
| Selenium | 23.1 µg | 42% |
| Sodium | 331 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.5 mg | 31% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.69 mg | 63% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.35 mg | 32% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 5.1 mg | 37% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.4 mg | 27% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.61 mg | 47% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 93.8 µg | 23% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.6 µg | 25% |
| Choline | 44 mg | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 468 µg | 67% |
| Vitamin C | 68.8 mg | 92% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 6.6 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 1.9 mg | 13% |
| Vitamin K | 75.2 µg | 84% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.7 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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