Meatball Stew Soup

Ingredients

• • 3/4 lb (340 g) lean ground pork
  • 1/4 cup (30 g) bread crumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 tsp juniper berries
  • 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
  • 2 carrots, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 5 cups (1.25 litres) chicken broth