I was scrolling through some photos today and realized I had never posted the Italian wedding soup that my wife and I made a couple of months ago. We weren't trying to exactly recreate the AC dish, but were inspired by it.
The key differences between ours and the MLL version (other than quality of ingredients used, of course
) were that we used a vegetable broth instead of chicken, and I couldn't find any of the acini di pepe (the little spherical pasta) and used orzo instead. I'm not sure what leafy vegetable AC uses, but we used kale, since I couldn't find any endive (non-Belgian) or escarole, which were what most online recipes recommended.
Anyway, it was decent. The biggest issue with it was that the vegetable broth was too strong and not the right flavour profile - very much a squash or other fall vegetable type of thing, and didn't go all that well with the rest of the ingredients. I don't regret not using chicken stock, since I don't like the taste of chicken, but wouldn't use that particular vegetable broth again next time.
Overall, it was a about a B for quality.
Anyone else tried to make any AC meals lately?