Minestrone soup with tortellini and sausage
liz Leibowitz
Minestrone Soup with tortellini and sausage
ingredients
- 4 lg carrots
- 1 fennel bulb
- 2 lg potatoes - peeled and diced
- 1 green pepper-diced
- 3 medium zucchini-diced
- 1 1/2 cups sliced green beans
- 1 medium green cabbage-shred
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 lg onion
- 5 cups beef stock
- 5 cups water
- 1 35 oz can of italian plum tomatoes
- 2 Tbs oregano
- 1 Tbs basil
- salt and pepper
- rind of chunk of Parmesan or Romano cheese
- 1 1/2 cups cannelloni beans- white kidney beans, drained
- 1 lb cheese tortellini
- 1 1/2 lb sausage, cooked , and sliced
- fresh fontina cheese
directions
- 1
1. Heat oil and saute onion for 10-15 min
- 2
2. Stir in carrots and saute
- 3
3. Add fennel, potatoes, green pepper, zucchini and green beans. Stir in cabbage and cook 5 more minutes.
- 4
4. Add stock, water, tomatoes with juices and herbs. Bury the rind and heat till boiling . Reduce heat and simmer 2-3 hours. The soup will be thick
- 5
5. 15 minutes before serving stir in cannelloni beans and tortellini. Reduce heat to cook tortellini and stir to keep from sticking. Before serving add sausage.
- 6
6 Serve with fontina cheese
Source: liz Leibowitz
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