Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil

2 onions, diced

1 clove garlic, crushed

3 carrots, chopped

3 potatoes, chopped

1/2 cabbage, chopped

3 pints rich beef broth

1lb (450g) sweet Italian sausage, sliced

3 cups tin tomatoes

2 cups cooked red kidney beans

Method

Warm olive oil in pan and saute the next five ingredients until tender.

In a Dutch oven brown the sausage and saute for 10 to 15 minutes.

Drain the excess fat from the sausage and add the sauteed vegetables, the brown stock (or rich beef broth), and the tinned tomatoes to the brown sausage and simmer covered for 2 1/2 hours.

Add the beans and simmer for 30 minutes more.

The flavor of the soup improves each time it is rewarmedium

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