Food and Wine Sausage and Mushroom Soup

From Food and Wine.com: Strands of angel-hair pasta form a web in the broth, capturing the slices of sausage and mushroom. Red-pepper flakes give the soup its spiciness; to turn up the heat another notch, use hot Italian sausage instead of mild. I've been meaning to try this. Thought I would post it here to remind myself.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1⁄4 lbs mild Italian sausage
• 1  onion, chopped
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  lb mushroom, sliced
• 7  cups  canned low sodium chicken broth or 7  cups  homemade  stock
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  dried red pepper flakes
• 4  tablespoons  chopped fresh parsley
• 1 3⁄4 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄4 lb angel hair pasta
• 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Directions

1. In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderate heat. Add the sausages and cook, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove. When cool enough to handle, cut the sausages into 1/8-inch slices.
2. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the pot over moderately low heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until golden, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Add the broth, thyme, red-pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, and the salt to the pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes. Stir in the sausages and bring back to a boil. Add the pasta, reduce the heat, and simmer until just done, about 3 minutes. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons parsley and the black pepper.