A bowl of Italian sausage soup is an offer even most Mafia godfathers probably couldn’t refuse! It is regarded as a ‘big dish’: filling, cheap and prepared with sausage meat and nutritious vegetables, this Italian pleaser provides a very enjoyable complete light evening meal.
Ingredients
| 3 | Italian beef sausages (Main) |
| 2 tsp | Olive oil |
| 1 | Garlic clove, crushed |
| 2 cups | Beef stock |
| 2 medium | Carrots, thinly sliced |
| 1 can | Italian diced tomatoes, 400g (Main) |
| 1 can | Cannellini beans, 400g |
| 1 cup | Green beans, chopped |
| 1 cup | Whole kernel corn |
| 2 cups | Spinach, chopped and rinsed |
Directions
- Squeeze out the meat from 3 sausages into rough 3cm balls. Heat the oil in a heavy non-stick saucepan. Sauté the sausage balls for 3-4 minutes — stirring — until lightly coloured.
- Add the garlic, stock, carrots and tomatoes. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the undrained cannellini beans, green beans and corn. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and add the spinach. Cover and allow the soup to cook the spinach. Season. Serve after about 5 minutes.