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Pesto Cannellini Soup with Sausage

A simple soup that tastes great any time of year. And the beans pair perfectly with that sweet Italian sausage! Recipe created for Bush's® by Brandy O’Neil, author of cooking blog Nutmeg Nanny

  • Prep Time

    10 Mins

  • Cook Time

    30 Mins

  • Serves

    4 to 6

Cannelini bean and sweet Italian sausage in white bowl with spoon

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Ingredients

Serves: 4 - 6
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 12 oz sweet Italian chicken sausage, sliced
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced
  • 2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
  • 2 (15.5oz) cans Bush's® Cannellini Beans
  • 1 (11.5 oz) jar fancy whole pimentos, drained and thinly sliced
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • Grated Parmesan, for topping

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Cooking Instructions

  1. 1
    HEAT

    Add olive oil to six-quart soup pot and set over medium high heat.

    • Oil

  2. 2
    SAUTE

    When oil is hot, add in sliced sausage, yellow onion and Italian seasoning. Cook for about 10 minutes or until sausage is slightly browned and onions are soft.

    • Sausage

    • Onion

    • Italian seasoning

  3. 3
    SIMMER

    Add in beans, sliced pimentos and chicken stock. Stir to combine, turn heat down to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes.

    • 2 cans of beans

    • Pimentos

    • Chicken stock

  4. 4
    GARNISH

    Remove soup from heat and stir in pesto. Serve with a sprinkle of grated Parmesan.

    • Pesto

    • Grated Parmesan

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