Sausage and spinach soup
"This is the closest I could get to Bertucci's sausage soup. I find that the quality of the sausage meat you use is critical in the recipe and try to use better sausage whenever I can."
photo by Marie Nixon
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1 lb italian sausage meat, broken up
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes (plain or with Italian herbs)
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 6 ounces frozen spinach (or equivalent amount of canned or fresh)
- 1⁄2 cup white rice
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1⁄2 tablespoon butter
- 8 cups water
- salt and black pepper
directions
- Sautee the onion in oil and butter until soft.
- Add the sausage meat and stir-fry until no longer pink on the outside.
- Add the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add the water and bring to boil.
- Add the canned tomatoes and the rice.
- Cook until the rice and the sausage are done.
- If using frozen spinach, add it early and break apart; if fresh or canned, add it a few minutes before the end.
- Serve with grated mozzarella sprinkled on the top.
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I also make this soup, I use equal parts chicken and beef broth instead of water, use brown rice and turkey sausage and it is even healthier! I basically just brown the sausage (undercook it a little as it will cook more in the soup) the rest of the ingredients I put right in the pot as they are (including the onion), the rice takes a good 45 minutes to cook so the onions soften plenty in this time (which is also why I undercook the sausage, else it is a bit overcooked and rubbery). This soup has so many delicious variations, is so simple and a huge hit with everyone who eats it! -
I made this recipe with one substitution of 6oz. of tomato sauce instead of tomato paste and found this recipe to be very tasty and colourful. Everyone loved it. Thanks Anya! -
Absolutely delicious! I made a few tweaks - I used Italian turkey sausage instead of pork, 1/4 jar of sugar free tomato sauce (instead of paste) 4 cups no salt added 99% fat free chicken broth, 4 cups water, brown rice, and a jar of no salt added diced tomatoes with green chilies instead of regular canned tomatoes. So satisfying and healthy!!!
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The variation that I make most is with little turkey meatballs instead of sausage. I also use chicken both instead of water -
Very good; much better than I initially thought it would be. I cooked the sausage separately; there was enough fat with the olive oil and butter. Used fresh spinach...mmm. The kids weren't that excited about the tomatoes, but maybe they're just not used to it.
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I also make this soup, I use equal parts chicken and beef broth instead of water, use brown rice and turkey sausage and it is even healthier! I basically just brown the sausage (undercook it a little as it will cook more in the soup) the rest of the ingredients I put right in the pot as they are (including the onion), the rice takes a good 45 minutes to cook so the onions soften plenty in this time (which is also why I undercook the sausage, else it is a bit overcooked and rubbery). This soup has so many delicious variations, is so simple and a huge hit with everyone who eats it!
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The variation that I make most is with little turkey meatballs instead of sausage. I also use chicken both instead of water
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I made this recipe with one substitution of 6oz. of tomato sauce instead of tomato paste and found this recipe to be very tasty and colourful. Everyone loved it. Thanks Anya!
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I love this soup since the 1st time I have tried it. I also have added chicken broth instead of water and for a change once in a while I add barley instead of rice.
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This is a very good soup. I replaced the rice with orzo pasta (as a quicker cooking alternative) and used 1/2 water and 1/2 chicken stock for the water in the recipe. My tomatoes were petite diced with garlic and olive oil and I used fresh spinach. Simmering the tomatoes and sausage in the broth while cooking the pasta makes a vary flavorful soup. The recipe is so simple, but very good. Thanks for posting.
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