Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pearl barley minestrone with italian sausage. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pearl barley minestrone with italian sausage using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage:

1. Take 4 thin Italian sausages, skins removed & roughly chopped
2. Prepare 1 medium brown onion, finely chopped
3. Get 4 slices Proscuitto, chopped
4. Prepare 1 carrot, finely diced
5. Make ready 1 celery stick, finely diced
6. Make ready 1 zucchini, finely diced
7. Get 3 large ripe tomatoes, diced
8. Prepare 1/2 cup pearl barley
9. Take 1 litre chicken stock
10. Prepare 2 Tbsp tomato paste
11. Get 1 bunch English spinach, finely shredded
12. Take Shaved Parmesan to serve

The new variety has added some Italian sausage to the previous recipe. The sausage has a mild flavor, not spicy. It's easy to make this soup meatless. Simply substitute an additional can of great northern beans or your favorite canned beans for the sausage and use vegetable broth instead of beef broth.

Instructions to make Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage:

1. Prep ingredients- keeping them separate to one another.
2. Fry sausage,until golden brown, in a little olive oil and set aside.
3. Add the onion, pancetta, carrot and celery and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens.
4. Add the zucchini, tomato, pearl barley and sausage and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until zucchini softens slightly.
5. Add the chicken stock and tomato paste and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until barley is tender and soup thickens slightly. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (I didn't add salt- enough in the Proscuitto)
6. Add the spinach to the soup and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Ladle soup among serving bowls. Top with parmesan and serve immediately.

It's easy to make this soup meatless. Simply substitute an additional can of great northern beans or your favorite canned beans for the sausage and use vegetable broth instead of beef broth. Minestrone with Italian Sausage & Pesto. With two convenience foods–precooked chicken sausage and refrigerated basil pesto–you can turn ordinary canned minestrone soup into a lunch or dinner that's satisfying and unique. The Italian minestra refers to a variety of moderately thick soup.

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