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Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, italian lentil soup with hot sausage and escarole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage and Escarole Nuggets of sausage give a little meatball action to this hearty, no-fuss soup chock-full of healthy escarole and lentils. Stir to break up the lentils a bit, and then add the Provolone and Romano cheeses. Stir again, taste, and adjust the salt, red pepper, and fennel, as desired. Return the open pot to low heat and add the escarole.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook italian lentil soup with hot sausage and escarole using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole:

1. Get olive oil, extra virgin
2. Prepare onion, chopped
3. Make ready salt
4. Get garlic, minced
5. Make ready ground pork
6. Make ready Italian red pepper flakes
7. Take fennel seeds
8. Make ready granulated garlic
9. Prepare 28oz. whole peeled tomatoes in tomato juice
10. Make ready potatoes, diced
11. Get lentils, rinsed
12. Take water
13. Prepare Provolone cheese, grated
14. Take pecorino Romano cheese, grated
15. Get escarole, torn up
16. Take ditalini

In a large heavy-bottomed soup pot, brown the sausage. Put oil in a large soup pot, add the minced vegetables, carrots and tomatoes escarole, garlic powder, add salt and pepper to taste. Add any meat if using (IE bacon, ham, Italian sliced sausage or even pepperoni slice). Grandma used whatever we had, or sometimes all vegetarian.

Instructions to make Italian Lentil Soup with Hot Sausage and Escarole:

1. Heat the oil with the onions and salt on low heat in an 8qt pressure cooker.
2. After a few minutes, toss in the garlic, and heat until the onions start to soften
3. Toss in the pork with the red pepper flakes, granulated garlic, and fennel seeds.
4. When the onions are very translucent, and the pork is cooked through, add the can of tomatoes. Turn the heat up to medium high, and stir frequently, ensuring there is enough liquid on the bottom to keep everything from sticking.
5. When the tomatoes are really soft from cooking, mash them up into itty bitty blobs, stir, taste, and adjust this base as needed.
6. Add the potatoes and lentils and stir.
7. Fill the pressure cooker up with the water to a bit over 2/3 of the pot, seal, turn the heat to high, and bring to pressure.
8. Keep it at pressure 10 minutes, remove from heat, and then, 10 minutes later, cool the pot to unseal.
9. Stir to break up the lentils a bit, and then add the Provolone and Romano cheeses. Stir again, taste, and adjust the salt, red pepper, and fennel, as desired.
10. Return the open pot to low heat and add the escarole. Stir it a bit to incorporate.
11. In a separate saucepan, boil the ditalini with a dash of salt until al dente.
12. Strain the ditalini and incorporate it into the soup. Stir, taste, adjust as needed, and serve.

Add any meat if using (IE bacon, ham, Italian sliced sausage or even pepperoni slice). Grandma used whatever we had, or sometimes all vegetarian. When the carrots are cooked I take them out and puree them. Cook, stirring often, until the onion is tender,. Place sausage in a large pot.

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