Carol’s Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup

Carol’s Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup
Chef's notes

Our dear friend and gracious dinner host Carol Horlock recently served this simple and flavorful soup. Upon request, she cordially offered permission to post her recipe on my website.

Ingredients are uncomplicated and easy to assemble. Mild and hot Italian sausages are cooked and combined with fresh vegetables, herbs, wine, tomato, beef broth, and simmered. 

When ready to serve, she spoons cooked pasta, a drizzle of olive oil, and grated parmigiana cheese in the bottom of individual serving bowls. Finished soup is carefully ladled over.

This technique helps keep pasta from overcooking by sitting in the hot soup, and the parmigiana from clouding the richness of soup’s clear broth.

Served with chunks of warm crusty bread. “Make sure to tell guests dipping is encouraged”.

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Carol’s Italian Sausage and Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 20-oz. packages of mild Italian sausage; one hot, one mild
  • 2 Tablespoon finely chopped garlic
  • 2 tablespoon finely chopped onion
  • 3 slender zucchinis, sliced
  • 1/2 9-oz package baby spinach sliced (any left-over veggies may also be added)
  • 1 28-oz. can of petite diced tomatoes
  • 32-oz. box beef broth
  • 1 1/2 c. Chianti of other favorite red wine. 
  • 3 T. dried parsley
  • 1/3 of a 4 oz. tube of “Gourmet Garden Basil” (usually found in supermarket veggie dept)
  • Favorite soup pasta, orecchiette (little ears), conchigliette (baby shells), triplini (little bows), short cut angel hair, etc.
  • Grated parmigiana cheese
  • Olive oil

Instructions

  1. Remove casings; cut or pinch sausages into small pieces. Brown in the soup pot with olive oil. 

  2. Add garlic, onion, sliced zucchinis, spinach, tomato, red wine, parsley, and basil. Simmer (not boil) for 45 minutes or longer. 

  3. Meanwhile, place your favorite soup pasta in rapidly boiling water until cooked al dente.

  4. When ready to serve, place some pasta in the bottom of each bowl. Add grated Parmigiana cheese and a light drizzle of olive oil. Carefully ladle hot soup over and serve with hot crusty bread. 
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