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Stracciatella alla Romana (Italian Egg Drop Soup)

Connie Veneracion
Stracciatella means small shreds and is descriptive of the appearance of the beaten eggs in the soup. The term stracciatella, however, also applies to other Italian food items with the characteristic shredded texture. There’s the cheese stracciatella di bufala and the stracciatella gelato which has bits of chocolate mixed in. To differentiate the soup from the other stracciatella in Italian cuisine, it is stracciatella alla romana.
To make stracciatella alla romana, shredded cheese is stirred into beaten eggs, poured into hot broth and is left untouched for a few seconds to partially set then stirred to create the shreds which may be wispy or on the thick side, depending on one’s preference.
Stracciatella alla Romana (Italian Egg Drop Soup) Sprinkled with Parsley
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • ⅓ cup shredded Parmesan
  • 4 to 6 cups bone broth or chicken broth
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • snipped parsley to garnish (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Stir the grated Parmesan into the beaten eggs (you may optionally add a pinch of nutmeg and some lemon zest).
  • Heat the broth until simmering. Turn off the heat.
  • Pour the egg-cheese mixture into the broth. After a few seconds, stir lightly.
  • Taste and season with salt and pepper. Take it easy on the salt because Parmesan is salty and some of that saltiness will find its way into the broth.
  • Optionally garnish with snipped parsley and serve.

Notes

Egg drop soup is something I’ve always associated with Chinese cuisine and, until a few days ago, I had no idea that egg drop soup exists in many other culinary cultures. The Indian egg drop soup has tomatoes while the Greek version, called avgolemono, has fresh lemon juice.
The texture of the egg in stracciatella alla romana is quite different though from the egg in Chinese egg drop soup. Because of the addition of Parmesan, the shreds of egg are softer. Cloudy is the word that comes to mind. Or, perhaps, cottony. Delicious. And the mouth feel is really terrific.
Stracciatella alla Romana (Italian Egg Drop Soup) in Blue Bowl
Keyword Cheese, Eggs
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