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Summer Minestrone with Sausage

Summer Minestrone with Sausage
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Celebrate the flavors of the season with this cozy, comforting, and delicious summer minestrone with sausage.

  • Author: Nicole Stover
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 60
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
  • 1 sweet onion diced
  • 2 carrots sliced
  • 2 celery sticks sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 cup Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
  • 2 ears corn, kernels removed
  • 2 cups green beans snapped
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes or more to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/3 cup dry white wine, optional
  • 8 cups chicken broth
  • Parm rind, optional
  • 15.5 ounces cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 small zucchini diced
  • 1/4 cup basil chiffonade + 1 sprig, plus extra for serving
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Kosher salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat with 1 Tbsp of oil. Add the sausage. Use your spoon to break it up, stirring occasionally until it is browned and cooked through. Remove from the pot and place on a paper towel lined plate to drain.
  2. Add remaining oil. Add the onions, carrots, and celery. Season with a pinch of salt. Let cook for 3-5 minutes until onions are transluscent.
  3. Add the garlic and cook for 60 seconds until fragrant.
  4. Add the tomatoes, corn, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes, and another pinch of salt. Stir to combine.
  5. Add wine if using. Let come to a simmer.
  6. Pour in the broth. Add the parm rind and sprig of basil. Bring too a simmer.
  7. Once simmering add the green beans and white beans. Add the sausage back into the pot. Cover.
  8. Allow the soup to cook for 45 minutes or until the carrots and celery are tender.
  9. Add the zucchini to the soup and let cook for an additional 10 minutes until it is tender crisp. 
  10. Remove the parm rind.
  11. Stir in the lemon juice and basil. Taste and add any additional seasoning. 

Notes

  1. You can use any type of Italian sausage for this from pork to chicken. Feel free to use mild, hot, or a combination.
  2. You can omit the sausage and add an extra can of beans, along with replacing the chicken broth for vegetable broth to make this vegetarian. 
  3. If you don’t cook with wine fee free to omit it. You may want an additional squeeze of lemon at the end. 

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