Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole
Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole

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Recipe Pairing Guides » Chicken Recipes » Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage and Escarole. Lentil soup flavored with sausage and herbs. Serve with Romano cheese sprinkled on top of each serving bowl. I double the amount of sausage and use the hot italian but that's just a matter of personal preference.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook italian lentil soup with hot sausage and escarole using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole:
  1. Take 2 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  2. Prepare 1 large onion, chopped
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp salt
  4. Make ready 4 clove garlic, minced
  5. Get 1 1/2 lb ground pork
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp Italian red pepper flakes
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp fennel seeds
  8. Get 1 tbsp granulated garlic
  9. Get 1 can 28oz. whole peeled tomatoes in tomato juice
  10. Prepare 5 large potatoes, diced
  11. Take 1 lb lentils, rinsed
  12. Make ready 10 cup water
  13. Prepare 1/4 cup Provolone cheese, grated
  14. Take 1/4 cup pecorino Romano cheese, grated
  15. Prepare 1 bunch escarole, torn up
  16. Get 1 1/2 cup ditalini

Remove the casings from the Italian sausage Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze in portion size Add the olive oil and onion to the hot skillet. Cook the onion over medium high heat until turning transparent. Add sausage and cook until browned, stirring. The combination of legumes and bitter greens like escarole is common in southern Italy.

Steps to make Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole:
  1. Heat the oil with the onions and salt on low heat in an 8qt pressure cooker.
  2. After a few minutes, toss in the garlic, and heat until the onions start to soften
  3. Toss in the pork with the red pepper flakes, granulated garlic, and fennel seeds.
  4. When the onions are very translucent, and the pork is cooked through, add the can of tomatoes. Turn the heat up to medium high, and stir frequently, ensuring there is enough liquid on the bottom to keep everything from sticking.
  5. When the tomatoes are really soft from cooking, mash them up into itty bitty blobs, stir, taste, and adjust this base as needed.
  6. Add the potatoes and lentils and stir.
  7. Fill the pressure cooker up with the water to a bit over 2/3 of the pot, seal, turn the heat to high, and bring to pressure.
  8. Keep it at pressure 10 minutes, remove from heat, and then, 10 minutes later, cool the pot to unseal.
  9. Stir to break up the lentils a bit, and then add the Provolone and Romano cheeses. Stir again, taste, and adjust the salt, red pepper, and fennel, as desired.
  10. Return the open pot to low heat and add the escarole. Stir it a bit to incorporate.
  11. In a separate saucepan, boil the ditalini with a dash of salt until al dente.
  12. Strain the ditalini and incorporate it into the soup. Stir, taste, adjust as needed, and serve.

Add sausage and cook until browned, stirring. The combination of legumes and bitter greens like escarole is common in southern Italy. Escarole is a bitter lettuce that looks a little bit like frisée but with wider, tougher leaves. For those cold winter nights or when you're looking for a hearty soup, our rendition will keep you cozy next to the fireplace with your favourite book. Add in lentils, with their cooking broth, salt, and Pass cheese at the table.

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