Italian Sausage Soup With Orzo
This Spicy Italian Sausage with Orzo has rich tomato flavour, delicious and takes only 20 minutes to make. Make it on the stovetop or in a crockpot for a perfect family dinner.
Ingredients
- 500 gramsmild italian sausage
- 1 cuporzo pasta
- 1 tbspolive oil
- ½onion
- 1 tbspgarlic
- 128 oz crushed tomato
- 2tspn italian seasoning
- ½tspn red chili flakes ((optional))
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cupschicken broth
- 2 cupsspinach ((tightly packed))
- ¼ cuphalf and half
- ½ cupparmesan cheese ((to serve))
Directions
- 1
Heat Oil in a heavy bottom pan. Once Warm add chopped onion and garlic. Saute until the onion has softened and raw garlic smell is gone.
- 2
Roughly break sausages to small chunks. Add to the pan. Saute for 5-6 minutes until they are browned and aromatic. Break any bigger chunk of sausage.
- 3
Deglaze the pot by adding stocks. Scarp the bottom of the pan to remove any brown bits. Stir in the tomatoes, Italian seasoning, chilli flakes, salt and pepper
- 4
When the stock comes to a boil stir in Orzo Pasta,
- 5
Cover and let it cook for 8-10 minutes in the medium-low heat until Orzo is almost cooked. Stir in between to prevent Orzo from getting stuck at the bottom.
- 6
Stir in Spinach to the pot and let it cook for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame.
- 7
Stir in half and half.
- 8
Serve with a generous topping of parmesan cheese.