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Recipe Sausage & White Bean Soup (Soup)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet or hot Italian sausage, in the casing
- 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto ham, minced
- 2 medium onions, in medium dice
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and in medium dice
- 2 medium celery stalks, in medium dice
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 3 (15.8 ounce) cans great Northern or other white beans, undrained
- 1 quart chicken broth (carton or can)
Preparing/Cooking:
- Heat oil in a large, deep saute pan or soup kettle over medium-high heat.
- When pan is hot, add sausages; cook, turning once or twice, until well-browned on all sides, about 5 minutes.
- (Sausage will not be fully cooked at this point.
- ) Remove from pan.
- When cool enough to handle, cut into slices 1/4-inch thick.
- Add prosciutto, onions, carrots, celery and thyme to the empty skillet; cook, stirring often, until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mash one can of beans with a fork into a chunky puree.
- Add broth, whole and mashed beans, and sausage; cover and bring to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, partially covered, to blend flavors, 20 minutes.
- Let rest 10 minutes; serve.
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