Author: Maddie Kovach
This is one of my favorite recipes for the fall! This white bean and sausage soup recipe is an old family favorite created by my Nonna. It has been passed around to all of my family and I'm excited to share it with you all. You can use antelope sausage, venison sausage or any type of sausage you would like! This recipe will make a lot of soup so it is great if you are trying to feed a lot of people.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound bag Great Northern Beans
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 sweet onions, cubed
- 15 small carrots, sliced thin
- 1 bunch fresh parsley
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 1 handful celery leaves
- 3 big stalks of celery, chopped small
- 10 plumb tomatoes
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 pound antelope sausage, sliced thin
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- Put beans into a 5 quart pot and add water until the pot is about 3/4 full. Add the baking soda (the baking soda helps get rid of the gas from the beans) and let the beans soak for about 2-3 hours.
- Begin by heating the bean pot and let it cook for about one hour, until the beans are tender
- While beans are cooking, prepare other ingredients. Prepare a boiling pot of water and a bowl of ice water next to it. Start by emerging a few tomatoes at a time in the boiling water for about 15 seconds. Carefully take the tomatoes out and emerge them in the ice water. When the tomato is completely cool you should be able to easily peel all the skin off, cut a hole at the top and squeeze out the seeds. Go ahead and cut the tomato into bite-sized pieces. Repeat until all tomatoes are done.
- Heat a large skillet with oil over medium heat. Add tomatoes to the skillet and cook for about 10-15 minutes for a chunky tomato paste. Add in parsley, basil and garlic. Cook for another two minutes.
- Now we go back to the beans! At this point, the beans will have soaked up a lot of the water. Fill the pot up with fresh water until its back to about 3/4 of the way full.
- Go ahead and throw everything into the pot of beans, including your sausage.
- Cook for about 20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
This dish goes great with homemade biscuits!
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