Sausage, Tomato & Gnocchi Soup
This easy, adaptable soup is perfect for cold winter nights.
Sausage, Tomato & Gnocchi Soup
Photo Credit : Styled and photographed by Liz NeilyFor this very adaptable soup, you can use any chopped greens you have on hand (frozen spinach is also fine). Feel free to throw in a can of white beans, too, if you like. Want to substitute chicken or vegan sausage for the pork? Just be sure it has plenty of seasoning, as the soup depends on it for flavor.
Yield:
8 to 10 servingsIngredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
1¼ pounds (about 5 links) uncooked sweet or spicy Italian pork sausage
2 celery stalks, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
1 medium yellow onion, diced
3 large cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 cups chicken stock
1 can (28 ounces) chopped tomatoes, with their juices
5 ounces baby spinach
½–1 pound gnocchi
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions
In a 5-to-7-quart pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon, until it’s cooked through and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the celery, carrots, onion, garlic, 2 teaspoons salt, and pepper, and stir well. Cook for 3 minutes, then add the stock, tomatoes, and spinach. Bring to a boil, then add gnocchi and stir. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or up to 1 hour. Taste and add salt if needed. Serve hot with a generous shower of Parmesan.
Amy Traverso
Amy Traverso is the senior food editor at Yankee magazine and co-host of the public television series Weekends with Yankee, a coproduction with WGBH. Previously, she was food editor at Boston magazine and an associate food editor at Sunset magazine. Her work has also been published in The Boston Globe, Saveur, and Travel & Leisure, and she has appeared on Hallmark Home & Family, The Martha Stewart Show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, and Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. Amy is the author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook, which was a finalist for the Julia Child Award for best first-time author and won an IACP Cookbook Award in the “American” category.
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