Italian Wedding Soup

The second I see a brown leaf, my instincts kick in: almost reflexively, I start stewing apples and poaching pears.

But for others, this culinary impulse takes a different form. We are, according to my social media feeds, officially in Soup Season.

And even more precisely, a viral video posted by food creator @jujumaoo has made the autumn of 2025 Italian wedding soup season.

Their recent post, which has racked up 9.5 million views as of the time of writing, joked that the classic recipe constitutes “soup so good it can cure any sickness”.

While that claim is hyperbolic, we don’t think the hype around the comforting meal is overblown.

What is “Italian wedding soup”?

“Italian wedding soup” is thought to be a mistranslation of the Italian soup name “minestra maritata”.

The original name is believed to have referred to the marriage of ingredients in the soup rather than the “marry me chicken”-style implications of the English language version.

Some reckon the recipe was made in Spain before being brought to Naples, but it’s

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