Sausage and veggie pizza soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large sweet onion, diced
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 455 grams turkey sausages, casing removed and pulled into pieces
- 2 cups mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 bell peppers, diced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 can 28 san Marzano tomatoes, cut up with scissors
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 cups reduced sodium beef broth
- 115 grams mozzarella cheese, grated
- Whole wheat baguette
Directions
- To a large sauce pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and stir until fragrant, about three minutes.
- Add the sausage, mushrooms, bell peppers and tomato paste, and cook for about five minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, oregano and broth and cook, uncovered, until the vegetables are tender and the sausage is cooked through, about ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Transfer to an oven/ heat safe bowl (crock bowl) and top with a slice of whole wheat baguette and the grated cheese. Using a kitchen torch, brulee the topping or pop under the broiler and broil until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown. Enjoy immediately.
