How To Make A Traditional Italian Sausage Soup

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Turkey sausage is lower in fat while pork sausage is often more affordable.

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes can provide a fresher taste, while crushed tomatoes are often less expensive.

cannellini beans

🥗Healthier: chickpeas

💰Cheaper: navy beans

Chickpeas offer more protein, and navy beans are generally cheaper.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is a low-calorie alternative, while a blend can be more affordable.

Heat olive oil and a knob of butter in a pan.

Add 650 g of mixed vegetables (fennel, carrot, cabbage, onion, celery) and sweat until softened.

Stir in 1 tablespoon of tomato paste and mix well.

Add chicken stock to moisten the vegetables and bring to a boil.

Add the bouquet garni (bay leaf, thyme, parsley stalks, peppercorns) to the pot.

Add 50 g of pasta to the soup.

Prepare a fine paste with 150 g of fatty bacon, 1 skin sausage, 25 g of parsley, and 3 large cloves of garlic.

Add the sausage paste to the soup at the very end of cooking.

Fish out the bouquet garni from the soup before serving.

Add additional tomato pieces to the soup before serving.

Form sausage paste into marble-sized balls and add them to the soup, cooking for 3-4 minutes until set.

Serve the soup with croutons and garnish with parmesan cheese.

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