Tuscan Sausage and Bean Soup

Submitted by Chicagoland Chef du Jour

"I love soup! This is very tasty and a real hearty treat. It comes together quickly. UPDATE: 2/14 I recently added a can of diced tomatoes an that was a great addition. Serve with a baked tomato, green salad and crusty bread. Oh, and don't forget a nice glass of red vino. Recipe from DH's cuz MC!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 lb hot Italian sausage, substitute mild
• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 1 stalk celery, chopped fine
• 1 carrot, chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon rosemary, fresh chopped or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 14 ounces diced tomatoes, not in original recipe but great to add
• 6 cups great northern beans, canned, rinsed, approximately (3)
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 -4 cups low sodium chicken broth, divided

directions

1. In a soup pot, brown sausage until no longer pink.
2. Break up into small pieces while cooking.
3. Drain off excess oil. Return to pot.
4. In a food processor, chop onion, celery, carrot, rosemary, and garlic until fine; add to the soup pot.
5. In same food processor, puree 2 cups Great Northern beans with 1 cup chicken broth; add to the pot.
6. NOTE: I like to chop the diced tomatoes a little finer in the food processor before adding.
7. Combine remaining ingredients.
8. Bring to boil; lower heat and simmer for 60 minutes or until desired consistency.
9. Serve with your favorite sides and red wine.
10. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Spice Jar]

This is absolutely delicious. I did not need to add any additional seasoning. I did add a bag of fresh spinach since I had it laying around and will do so in the future. I am writing this review the night before cooking this for the second time. Yum!

 

[jonesies]

This soup is fabulous. I used 6 hot sausage links (took the casings off), 2 pureed cans of kidney beans (running short on northern) and one can of northern. INstead of pureeing with the chicken broth, I used the juices of the beans. (Saved me a can of broth). Everything else, as directed. Oh yeah, I also added a handful of frozen spinach. I can't wait till hubs gets home...he is gonna flip over this soup. Thanks so much! Update: Hubby and DD love this soup and I have been told several times to make sure there's more of this soup coming up for the winter months. :-) Thanks for a keeper!

 

[DreamoBway]

This is really, really great. I believe Rachel Ray would call it a "stoup" - thicker than soup but thinner than stew. I loved the consistency with the slight creaminess from the pureed beans. I used 5 sweet Italian turkey sausage links (about 1.25 pounds of meat), 3 15 ounce cans of beans (about 5 cups of beans), and 4 cups of broth. I also tossed in 1/8 teaspoon of crushed red pepper as well as 1/2 cup of chopped frozen spinach that I had thawed and squeezed. This was the perfect meal after raking leaves all morning. Thank you for posting! Reviewed for My-3-Chefs - November '08.

 

[KatieGT]

Easy and outstanding! Loved by adults and teens alike. I doubled the recipe but only used a total of 1-1/2 pounds of sausage. I increased the rosemary and next time I will use more carrots. Based on another review I added two boxes of frozen spinach to my doubled recipe to try and make it a complete meal. We loved this and it was even better the next day. Thanks Chef du Jour, you post great recipes!

 

[Iron Bloomers]

Chicago...you have a Blue Ribbon Winner here...made this this morning & couldn't wait to taste it...I love it...it's perfect comfort food. It's easy, budget friendly & above all Delicious! This will be a frequent flyer at my house..Like you I love a good soup. <br/>Thanks for sharing.