[net.cooks] Sausage-Vegetable Soup

co@cbscc.UUCP (Corinna Owens) (01/14/84)

Here is a recipe for a very delicious soup if you like vegetables and sausage.
The recipe is out of Betty Crocker's Step-by-Step Picture Cookbook.
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1 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cups water
3 medium carrots, thinly sliced (about 1 1/2 cup)
2 medium stalks celery (with leaves), thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon dried chervil leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
2 medium zucchini, cut lengthwise in half, then into 1/4-inch slices
1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 pound Polish sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 can (15 ounces) great northern beans

Cook and stir onion in oil in Dutch oven until tender.
Stir in water, carrots, celery, salt, chervil and thyme.
Heat to boiling; reduce heat.  Cover and simmer until vegetables
are tender, about 30 minutes.

Stir zucchini, tomatoes, sausage and beans (with liquid)
into vegetables in Dutch oven.  Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 30 minutes.  Skim fat if necessary.

6 to 8 servings.