Cooking with Carando
Italian Sausage Soup
Quick Details
Serves 6
Ready In 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 (16-oz.) pkg. Carando® Sweet Italian Sausage
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 (16-oz.) can Italian-flavored stewed tomatoes - canned
- 1 (14.5-oz.) can beef broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups rotini pasta
- 1 small green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 small zucchini squash, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preparation
- Split casing on sausages, remove meat and discard casing. Cook sausage, garlic and onion in Dutch oven over medium heat until sausage is browned and no longer pink inside. Stir frequently to break sausage apart while cooking; drain.
- Stir in tomatoes, broth, water, pasta, green pepper and parsley. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
- Stir in zucchini; simmer an additional 5 minutes or until pasta and zucchini are tender. Garnish with Parmesan cheese before serving.
Nutritional Information for this Recipe (Per Serving)
| Calories | 412 |
|---|---|
| Total Fat | 27 g |
| Saturated | 9 g |
| Monounsaturated | -- |
| Polyunsaturated | -- |
| Cholesterol | 58 mg |
| Sodium | 1148 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 27 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Calcium | 93 mg |
