Italian vegetable soup with salsiccia

March 24, 2015 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Italian vegetable soup with salsiccia

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 30ml (2 tbsp) extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 2 fennel bulbs, roughly chopped
  • 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) tomato paste
  • 100g green beans, horizontally sliced into bite-sized pieces
  • 1,5L beef stock, hot
  • 6 Italian salsiccia
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 60ml (¼ cup) fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped, to serve
  • crusty Italian bread, to serve

Instructions

1

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onion. Cover and let the onion sweat, about 5 minutes.

2

Mix in the fennel, celery and garlic with the onions, and cook for a minute.

3

Add the tomato paste, green beans and stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 15 minutes.

4

Heat the grill.

5

Place the sausages on a baking tray and grill, turning to grill all over and cook through. Remove, slice diagonally and add to the soup. Adjust seasoning.

6

Ladle the soup into four bowls, sprinkle with parsley and serve with crusty Italian bread.

 

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