Seven soups every Saturday: soup recipes with sausage
'Tis the season -- the season of cooler nights, sweaters pulled out of storage, and fires in the fireplace. 'Tis the season, also, for hearty soups made from earthy ingredients: squash, potatoes, lentils and beans. Nothing perks up the flavor these ingredients better than sausage. The seasonings in sausage, no matter the variety you choose, can help point the rest of your soup in the right direction. An Italian turkey sausage seasoned with fennel seed suggests adding fresh fennel to the pot. Garlic sausage wants to party with, yes, more garlic. And andouille sausage loves other foods from Louisiana, like shrimp and rice. These days, even the smallest grocery store carries a nice variety of fresh and pre-cooked sausage, and many farmers' markets offer small-batch artisanal products, so have fun mixing and matching with the seasonal harvest.
Seven soup recipes with sausage caught my eye this week:
Thai-style sausage and vegetable soup, from Christine Cooks
White bean soup with greens and homemade Italian sausage, from Former Chef
Hearty spinach and sausage soup, from Pinch My Salt
Portuguese sausage soup, from Pages, Pucks and Pantry
Spicy sausage, lentil, and tomato soup, from Kalyn's Kitchen
15 bean soup with sausage, from Pots and Plots
Smoked sausage, beer and cheese soup, from White Trash BBQ
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[Photo of Thai-style sausage and vegetable soup by, and used with permission from, Christine Cooks.]
These are some nice hearty soups - the Thai soup has me intrigued...I've never seen or heard of Niman Ranch's Thai sausage.
I am inspired! Just took a package of sausages out of the freezer left over from our family reunion in September. Not sure if they are Italians, brats or a combination of both. Someone (my mother) bagged them without lableing and sent them home with us. (Love you mom!)
Going to wing it and make a s[icy sausage, potato or bean and chard based soup. We'll see what developes as I start cooking. *L*
Sausage (usually turkey sausage) is definitely one of my favorite soup ingredients!
Oh, I need to try the Smoked Sausage Beer and Cheese soup!