Grandmas Italian Sausage And Lentil Soup Recipes

LENTIL AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large pot. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Add onion, celery and chopped garlic, and saute until tender and translucent. Stir in lentils, carrot, water, chicken broth and tomatoes. Season with garlic powder, parsley, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover, and simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until lentils are tender.
• Stir in pasta, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until pasta is tender.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Place onion, celery, garlic and carrots in food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• Saute the veggies in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Remove sausage from casings and crumble.
• Add sausage to vegetables and saute until no longer pink.
• Rinse lentils and add to pot.
• Add broth, water and seasonings and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 1 hour, stirring often.
• If soup becomes too thick, add more broth.
• Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
• When done, drizzle with olive oil, stir and serve.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• The night before preparing the soup put the lentils in a large bowl and cover them with about 1 inch of water. Allow to "soak" over night. In the morning rinse and drain the lentils. Set aside to be added to the soup as directed.
• In a large soup kettle brown the sausage, breaking it into small pieces as it cooks. (Use bulk sausage or remove any casings).
• Remove sausage, drain fat, leaving a small film of fat on the bottom of the kettle.
• Add the onion, carrots, and celery; saute over medium for about 10 minutes, adding the garlic for the last 2 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste and cook over medium for about 2 minutes.
• Return the sausage to the pan. Stir in the tomatoes in their juice, tomato sauce, beef broth and Italian seasoning.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in lentils and water; cook for 20 minutes, tasting lentils for "doneness" and cooking longer if necessary.
• Add a bit more water if necessary - depending on how "thirsty" your lentils are - this is a thick soup but there should be some broth.
• Serve, allowing each person to add grated Parmesan and freshly ground black pepper as desired.

SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Dice the first four ingredients and sauté them in a large pot with the oil. Sauté until tender.
• Remove vegetables from the pan and add the Italian sausage, removed from the casing, to the pan. Brown then drain off fat.
• Pour 8 cups for chicken broth, the vegetables back into the pot.
• Add tomatoes and lentils.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Simmer until the lentils are tender, 30-45 minutes.
• Remove 1/3 of the soup and puree. then return it to the pot.
• Correct the seasonings and remove bay leaf.

CARRABBA'S SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Brown sausage; drain off fat.
• In a large pot combine all ingredients bring to boil.
• Reduce heat,cover.
• Simmer for about 1 hour or until lentils are tender. Add water if necessary, for desired consistency. I like to puree about 1 cup of the soup and add back to pot to give it a thicker consistency.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain fat and crumble sausage; return to Dutch oven along with remaining ingredients except mustard. Simmer, covered, 1 hour or until lentils and vegetables are tender. Stir in mustard. Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.

GRANDMA'S ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Remove casings from the sausage and crumble into a large stock pot. Cook over medium heat until cooked through (about 10 minutes).
• Add garlic, celery, carrots, and onion to pot. Turn up flame to medium-high; cook for 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Add the broth, lentils, tomatoes, bay leaf, basil, oregano and wine to the pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered for 1 hour. Stir occasionally.
• Season to taste with seasoning salt and black pepper. Remove bay leaf.
• Give soup a big stir, serve in warmed bowls and garnish with shredded Parmesan cheese.
• Chef's Tip: Add extra broth when reheating this soup, since it will thicken as it stands.