Best Harvest Sausage Soup Recipes

INDIANA HARVEST SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Crumble and brown sausage in oil in a 6 or 8 quart pot. Rinse, drain and pick over lentils. Add lentils, vegetable packet and broth to pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, add zucchini after 30 minutes. Add tomatoes and wine to soup. Simmer, uncovered, for 15-30 minutes. Vegetarian Soup Recipe Variation: Start the soup with sautéing the vegetables that go into ratatouille: a red and green pepper, large onion, 2 medium zucchini, a small eggplant--cut up into 1-inch chunks. Add the soup mix and 8 cups broth. Simmer 45 minutes, add the tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese! Slow Cooker Recipe* In large skillet crumble and brown sausage in oil, stir in contents of seasoning packet. Transfer to bowl of slow cooker and add broth. (May start soup night before and cover and refrigerate overnight.) Rinse, drain and pick over lentils, place into slow cooker and stir well. Cover and cook on High 4-5 hours. Add tomatoes, zucchini and wine and continue on HI 1 hour. *This soup takes less than 2 hours to make on the stove, so the slow cooker may not offer much convenience unless the plan is to start it in the morning so you can come home to hot soup. Be careful though, lentils tend to break down over time so if you cook this for more than about 6 hours you may end up with lentil puree instead of individual beans.

HARVEST SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil in a large pot.
• Add potatoes to stock.
• Boil for 10 minutes (meanwhile, do the next step).
• Remove sausage meat from casings and form into 1/2" meatballs.
• When all meatballs are formed, gently add them and the red bell pepper to the broth.
• Turn down heat to medium (simmering) and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes in their juice, corn, and sugar.
• Stir all ingredients together.
• Simmer (uncovered) on medium-low for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Enjoy!
• Optional: for added flair, serve with a french baguette and your favorite zinfandel or merlot.