Upstate minestrone soup
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Italian sweet sausage
- 1 tb Olive OR Vegetable oil
- 1 c Diced onion
- 1 ea Clove garlic finely minced
- 1 c Sliced carrots
- 1 ts Crumbled basil
- 2 ea Small zucchini sliced
- 1 cn (1 - lb) Italian pear Tomatoes chopped undrained
- 2 cn 10 3/4 oz beef boullion OR
- 3 beef boullion cubes plus
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
- 2 c Finely shredded cabbage
- 1 ts Salt
- 1/4 ts Pepper
- 1 cn (1 lb) great northern beans
Instructions:
Undrained Small amount chopped parsley Slice sausage crosswise about 1/2 inch thick; brown in oil in deep saucepan or Dutch oven. Add onion garlic carrots and basil; cook for 5 minutes. Add zucchini tomatoes with liquid boullion cabbage salt and pepper. Bring soup to boil; reduce heat and simmer covered for 1 hour. Add beans with liquid; cook another 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley.



