Lasagna Soup
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Lasagn It will be a hit at your Autumn event. Head to the store and pick up garlic, pepper flakes, pasta, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pasta you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Dessert Pasta as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat add the sausage and cook until lightly browned, about 10 minutes, breaking it apart as you go and set aside reserving the remaining oil and grease.
Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
Add the garlic, red pepper flakes and fennel and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
Add the chicken broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, sausage, oregano, bay leaf, salt and pepper, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. (If you have the time this soup will benefit from being simmered longer.)
Add the pasta and cook until al-dente, about 7 minutes and remove from heat.
Mix the ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella and serve the soup garnished with a tablespoon of the mixture along with the basil.