Michael Romano's Secret-Ingredient Soup

Michael Romano's Secret-Ingredient Soup
Michael Romano's Secret-Ingredient Soup is a gluten free recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 12g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 216 calories. If you have olive oil, kosher salt, carrot, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cornmeal you could follow this main course with the Cornmeal Pie as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Autumn. It works well as a main course.

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Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
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Add the onion, carrot, leeks, garlic, salt, black pepper, and Aleppo pepper and cook, stirring, until the onion becomes translucent, 8 to 10 minutes.
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Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
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Drain off the excess fat, leaving about 2 tablespoons in the pan. Stir in the cornmeal.
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Add the stock, stirring, and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in the greens and cook for 15 minutes more, or until tender.
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Ladle into bowls and garnish with grated Parmigiano.
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Reprinted with permission from Family Table: Favorite Staff Meals from Our Restaurants to Your Home by Michael Romano and Karen Stabiner, © 2013 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings6
Health Score8
Dish TypesSoup
OccasionsFallWinter
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