Name: Minestrone sausage soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; 4 thick beef and sun-dried tomato sausages; 1 large brown onion, finely chopped; 1 medium carrot, cut into 1cm pieces; 1 celery stick, trimmed, finely chopped; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 400 gram can italian-style diced tomatoes with chilli and basil; 4 cup (1l) chicken stock; 1 cup small shell pasta; 1/2 small cauliflower, cut into small florets; 150 gram green beans, trimmed, cut into 3cm lengths; toast, to serve

Minestrone sausage soup

The addition of tender beef sausages to this Minestrone soup brings a hearty, tasty twist to the Italian classic. Packed full of veggies, pasta and beans, the tomato-based soup is wonderfully warming and perfect for those cooler Winter nights.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

35M

Total

45M

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil

4 thick beef and sun-dried tomato sausages

1 large brown onion, finely chopped

1 medium carrot, cut into 1cm pieces

1 celery stick, trimmed, finely chopped

2 clove garlic, crushed

400 gram can italian-style diced tomatoes with chilli and basil

4 cup (1l) chicken stock

1 cup small shell pasta

1/2 small cauliflower, cut into small florets

150 gram green beans, trimmed, cut into 3cm lengths

toast, to serve

Method

1.Heat oil in a large frying pan over moderately high heat. Cook and turn sausages 7-10 minutes, or until cooked. Transfer to a chopping board. Cool slightly. Slice.

2.Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic to pan. Cook, stirring, 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add tomato and stock. Bring to the boil. Add pasta and cauliflower. Boil 10 minutes, or until pasta is tender but firm to the bite.

3.Add beans and sausage to soup. Simmer 3 minutes, or until beans are tender. Ladle hot soup into bowls. Serve with toast.