Pasta e Fagioli with Sausage

Name: Pasta e Fagioli with Sausage
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 1 carrot, chopped fine; 1 rib celery, chopped fine; 651 milliliters canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock; 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 onion, chopped fine; 1 teaspoon salt; 454 grams mild Italian sausages; 118 milliliters tubetti or other small macaroni

Pastan e Fagioli with Sausage might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 548 calories, 22g of protein, and 38g of fat per serving. It is a reasonably priced recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. If you have chicken broth, onion, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderate heat.

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Add the sausages and cook, turning, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes.

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Remove. When cool enough to handle, halve the sausages lengthwise and then cut crosswise into slices.

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Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in the pot over moderately low heat.

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Add the carrot, onion, celery, garlic, and rosemary. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to soften, about 10 minutes.

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Puree 4 cups of the beans with 1 1/4 cups of the broth in a blender or food processor.

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Add the puree to the pot along with the remaining 1 1/2 cups broth, the whole beans, bay leaf, and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes.

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Stir in the pasta. Cook the soup over moderate heat, partially covered, stirring frequently, until the pasta is done, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Remove the bay leaf. Stir in the sausage and the pepper. Cook until the sausage is warmed through, about 1 minute.

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Wine Recommendation: This hearty favorite is best accompanied by a light, sprightly grignolino. Almost more ros than red wine, grignolino has a penetrating floral aroma and spicy flavor.

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