Pasta E Fagioli (Italian soup) with Italian Sausage

This soup was a huge hit in our house! It is a very hearty soup bursting with flavor. The soup is also very appealing to the eye with the red, orange, white and green colors from the vegetables and beans. This soup is hearty enough to be a stew/chili as it is not loaded with broth. I doubled the recipe using hot Italian sausage and ground beef (I only had hot Italian sausage which was too much heat for the entire family). I used a couple of extra carrots and stalks of celery to beef up the vegetables. I was unable to locate cannellini beans at my grocery store so I substituted navy beans which are also white. I can't say enough about how great this soup tasted. Thank-you so much for sharing your recipe!

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I just turned the burner off! This is soup is complete! This will sound silly; for years I've thought about making this type of soup but I thought it was way over my head. I have to tell you in all honesty it was the easiest thing in the world to make! Oh yes, I did have a little sample: OMG! This is the type of thing I can throw together in 15 minutes and tell everyone I spent all day! LOL

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Wonderful recipe. I used larger bowtie noodles, but is great as submitted with plenty of room to play with.

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My husband said this is very hearty and very good, so I will add it to my collection. I confess I ate three(!) bowls myself (without bread). I have said before that it seems any soup made with Italian sausage is good. Thank you, PanNan.

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this is surprisingly good! i didn't have any spinach or cheese, but it turned out delicious anyway! thanks alot!!!

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Thanks, PanNan, I love this soup! I altered the order of adding ingredients to avoid overcooking: I browned the sausage before adding onion, garlic, and celery. I added carrots with the stock (and any other root veggies on hand: potatoes, parsnips, etc. should go then). Also, if using dry beans, they can be boiled separately for an hour after their "soak" and added with the root veggies. I waited until the end and added canned diced tomatoes when I added the pasta so the tomato chunks wouldn't get too cooked down (small "veggies for soup", corn, peas, etc. should also be added here).

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This was absolutely delicious! Everyone loved it. My 6 year old grandson said, "Nana, this is the most "delightful" soup that I have ever eaten!" (Now, that is a five star compliment) I will be making this quite often. Thank you very much.

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My kids love it. They call it my famous italian soup.

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This recipe hit the spot! It is spicy (but not too much, start with one teaspoon of red pepper flakes) and the perfect consistency to make it a meal. To go along with it, I baked a loaf of foccaia bread from frozen pizza dough. Perfect! My family loved it and asked me to make it again three days later.

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Very good soup! Forgot to add the small pasta, didn't miss it. Used two cans of great northern beans instead of the cannellini beans because my store doesn't carry them.

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Excellent recipe! The only change I made was to use Red Pack Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies and left out the red pepper.

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Yummy! I made it with home made chicken broth and used turkey sausage. Also used pinto beans instead. Beware of the crushed red pepper, it can pack a punch.

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I made this the other day and OMG was it good! I will d

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Delicious! I made this in my crockpot. I browned the sausage , sauteed the vegetables, and added them to the crockpot with everything else except the pasta and parsley. I cooked my pasta seperately and added it at the end with the parsley.I used sweet Italian sausage and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes and it was perfect in the heat department but a little too spicy for my 7 yr old son , so next time I'll probably have to use just 1/2 teaspoon and add more to my bowl. I added zucchini , a bay leaf and more carrots/celery , 6 cloves garlic and used 3 (14-1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth. I started it out on HIGH for a couple hours and then switched it to Low. Cooked it for a total of five hours. I served it with some grilled cheese sandwiches. This was such a comforting and tasty soup on a very cold and rainy day! Thank you so much for the great recipe.....going into the keeper file! I would love to add some fresh chopped spinach to this! UPDATE:I made this again, this time on the stovetop because I wanted to make more than my crock pot would hold.Just as yummy! I browned the sausage first, drained it and added it back in after the vegetables were sauteed. I did add a 6 ounce bag of baby spinach in at the very end, with the pasta shells I cooked separately , and that is a delicious addition I would reccommend! We are eating again it tonight! One of my favorite soup recipes, much thanks Pan Nan!

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Though I sliced up Italian sausage and used beef broth instead of chicken, I made the recipe as written. Lovely. I'm going to try it again just "as written", because I'm quite sure it will be wonderful as well. It has a surprisingly "slow-cooked" taste and texture for the short prep/cook time. This soup's a keeper, PanNan, thanks!

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this was a true winner we used pork sausage and just 1/4 tsp. of crushed red pepper...it had a "little kick" thanks for such a winner....we will make this again and again

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Very good!! I made it with the sweet sausage but will definitely use hot next time. I also used black beans because that is what I had on hand. Cooked the pasta separate then added at the end. This is a do again for sure.

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This was delicious! Easy to make too! I will definitely make this again and again.

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