Sausage and Borlotti Bean Soup

Name: Sausage and Borlotti Bean Soup
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 thin Italian sausages; 400 g (14 oz) tin chopped tomatoes; 400 g (14 oz) tin borlotti beans, rinsed; 1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups) chicken or vegetable stock; 2 large handfuls parsley, chopped; 100 g (3½ oz) thickly sliced pancetta, cut into 5 mm x 2 cm (¼ × ¾ inch) strips; 2 large thyme sprigs; 1 leek, white part only, sliced; 2 onions, chopped; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 carrots, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 thin Italian sausages
100 g (

Main course
Soup

Method

Heat a little of the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Fry the sausages for 5–6 minutes, or until browned all over. Add the pancetta halfway through cooking the sausage. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Heat the remaining oil in a large hea