Bean And Sausage Soup

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Bean And Sausage Soup

A very nice soup for a cold wintery day

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1 onion chopped

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2 tbspcanola oil

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1 lbkielbasa sausage, diced

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4 large garlic cloves, chopped (7)

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1 bulb fennel; chopped

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2 carrots; chopped

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10 large Button mushrooms; chopped

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celery heart with leaves

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1 small bag spinach leaves

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900 ml box chicken broth

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water; plus

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2 tbsp redi-base turkey stock

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15 oz cans can navy beans

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15 oz can can diced tomatoes with herbs

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500ml ctner sour cream

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crushed red peppers; heaping

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bunch fresh dill; minced

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Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add sausage and

garlic and sauté until sausage is lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Add in

crushed peppers,fennel,onion, carrot, mushrooms and celery,;cook about 5

minutes more. Add broth, water, turkey stock navy beans with their juices

and spinach. Simmer until flavors blend and soup thickens slightly, about

20 minutes. Stir in the sour cream and dill simmer 5 more minutes. Season

to taste with salt and pepper.

Ladle soup into bowls.

10-3 cup servings approx

Replacing the spinach with cabbage works well.

could use more sour cream

( RG2000 )