yield 8 SERVINGS prep time 10 MINUTES cook time 50 MINUTES total time 1 HOUR
This recipe is from kalynskitchen.com. We really enjoyed the flavour, but I found there was WAY too much liquid, so next time I’ll use only 4 cups stock rather than 8. But otherwise, it was really nice.
Italian Sausage, Tomato, and Pesto Soup is a family-friendly dinner idea, and this soup can be made with macaroni or cauliflower rice, whichever you prefer.
INGREDIENTS
• 8 cups homemade chicken stock (see notes)
[I found this to be way too much, I would use only 4 cups next time]
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• 1 tsp. ground fennel
• two 14.5 oz. (400g) cans petite dice tomatoes
• 5 tsp. olive oil
• one 19.5 oz. (550g) package turkey Italian sausage (see notes)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 T minced garlic
• 1/2 cup (about 50g) dry macaroni OR use cauliflower rice (see notes)
• 3 T basil pesto
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Put chicken stock into a large heavy soup pot and start to heat.
2. Add the dried basil, ground fennel, and 2 cans petite dice tomatoes with juice and let the mixture simmer while you cook the sausage.
3. Heat 1 T of olive oil in a heavy frying pan.
4. Squeeze the sausage out of casings and cook until nicely browned, breaking apart with a metal turner as the sausage cooks.
5. Add browned sausage to the soup pot.
6. Add the other 2 tsp. of olive oil to the frying pan, then cook the onions for 3-4 minutes, or until they are starting to soften.
7. Add the minced garlic and cook 1-2 minutes more.
8. Add the onion and garlic to the soup pot.
9. Deglaze the frying pan with about 1 cup of soup from the pot and scrape off browned bits from the pan, then add that back into the soup.
10. Let this simmer on low heat for 15-20 minutes.
11. Add the macaroni or frozen cauliflower rice, stir, and continue to simmer the soup for 15-20 minutes more, or until the macaroni or cauliflower rice is soft.
12. Stir in the basil pesto and cook 5 minutes more.
13. Serve hot, with freshly grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
NOTES
⁃ You can also use two 32 oz. cartons of chicken stock or five 14 oz. cans of chicken broth. You can use pork Italian Sausage if you prefer.
⁃ Nutritional information is calculated with macaroni since that’s what is in the photos, but you can use macaroni, or substitute with one 10 oz. package frozen cauliflower rice. Macaroni will be about 5 carbs per serving; cauliflower rice will be 1.5 carbs per serving.
NUTRITION INFORMATION: YIELD: 8 SERVING SIZE: 1/8th recipe
Amount Per Serving: CALORIES: 168, TOTAL FAT: 9g, SATURATED FAT: 2g, TRANS FAT: 0g, UNSATURATED FAT: 7g, CHOLESTEROL: 12mg, SODIUM: 398mg, CARBOHYDRATES: 13g, FIBER: 0g, SUGAR: 4g, PROTEIN: 8g