White Bean Soup With Italian Sausage And Fresh Spinach Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP WITH BEANS AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Remove sausage from casings (if any) and crumble it into a very large pot. (I use a 9-quart Dutch oven.)
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until sausage is browned and cooked through.
• Remove sausage to a paper towel-lined plate and spoon out and discard all but about one tablespoon of fat from the pot.
• Lower heat to medium. Add onion, carrots and celery, along with the salt, and stir to coat with fat. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until carrots are fairly tender and veggies are lightly browned in spots.
• Add garlic and cook, stirring, one minute more.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juices, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Pour in stock.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to simmer for ten minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta shells to al dente in a separate pot of well-salted water. Drain and toss with the olive oil.
• Back in the big soup pot, add beans, reserved sausage, and spinach.
• Simmer until spinach is wilted.
• Off the heat, stir in parsley and black pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls, stirring some pasta shells into each. Serve with cheese to pass at the table.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE BEAN AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a 8-10-quart pot over medium-high heat.
• Add in the sausage meat; cook until browned (about 8-10 minutes) remove the meat to a plate or bowl.
• Add in the onion, carrots, basil and dried chili flakes; saute for about 5-6 minutes adding in the garlic the last couple minutes.
• Add in chicken broth, tomatoes with juice and drained beans; bring to a boil, cover with lid and cook at medium-low for about 30 minutes.
• Add in pasta shells; reduce heat and simmer until the pasta is firm-tender (about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Skim any fat that has accumulated on top of the soup, then stir in about 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese and the fresh spinach; cook until the spinach is just wilted (about 1-2 minutes).
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Pass more Parmesan cheese at the table.

WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND FRESH SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add sausages (remove the castings) and saute until beginning to brown, breaking into small pieces, about 5 minutes.
• Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, basil,rosemary, red pepper and sage. Saute until vegetables begin to soften, about 10 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes with juice and beans. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender and flavors blend, about 15 minutes.
• Just before serving bring to a simmer and stir in the spinach to wilt.
• Ladle hot soup into pre-heated bowls.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

WHITE BEAN, SPINACH AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add sausage, onions, and garlic.
• Cook until sausage is browned.
• Add spinach and cook 2 minutes longer.
• Add broth, picante sauce, and beans.
• Heat to boil to bring flavors together.

WHITE BEAN, SAUSAGE AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, warm olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and cook, stirring until browned all over, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Discard all but 1 tbs of fat from pot.
• Add onion and garlic to pan and cook stirring often, until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Return sausage to pot and add chicken broth, 3 cups water and beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in spinach until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Season with salt (if you desire0 A ndpep per) and pepper.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion and celery; cook, stirring, until celery is tender,5 to 8 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook 30 seconds.
• Add beans, water, broth, pepper, and thyme; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Roll up several spinach leaves together, cigar fashion, and thinly slice. Repeat with remaining spinach.
• With slotted spoon, remove 2 cups beans from soup mixture and reserve.
• Spoon one-fourth of mixture into blender; cover, with center part of cover removed to let steam escape, and puree until smooth.
• Pour into bowl.
• Repeat with remaining mixture.
• Return puree and reserved beans to saucepan; heat to.
• boiling over medium-high heat.
• Stir in spinach and cook until wilted, about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.

WHITE BEAN, SPINACH, AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Crumble sausage and cook in saucepan until browned.
• Drain fat through strainer and set aside.
• Saute onion and garlic in same saucepan in small amount of olive oil until onion is soft (about 5 minutes).
• Stir in beans, broth, tomatoes, and reserved sausage.
• Heat, stirring, until very hot.
• Add spinach, cover, cook until spinach is wilted and tender (about 5 minutes).