Italian Wedding Soup is one of my favorite comfort foods. The potatoes, the sausage, the bacon, the cream … oh, the cream. It’s all so decadant. And, sadly, time consuming.
But no more! I bought a pressure cooker at the urging of my dear friend Elizabeth over at This Little Mama and was practically guaranteed fast cooking. However, I will need to teleport Elizabeth to my house to figure out how to use the darn thing. Out of the box it taxed the great brains in my household, all three of them. A little plastic doohickey refused to snap in, the lid had no interest in being locked onto the device…. Meanwhile, tempers, they were a-flarin’.
So I turned to an oldie but a goodie: the stove. And with the help of the recipe for Sausage and Spinach soup in Great Food Fast: Bob Warden’s Ultimate Pressure Cooker Recipes,
Even without the aid of a pressure cooker.
- 1 pound spicy Italian sausage
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 red onion, diced
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed red peppers
- 1 6-10 ounce bag of baby spinach
- 6-8 redskin potatoes, halved and sliced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Remove the sausage from the casings and chop or snip into small pieces.
- Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat.
- When the oil is hot, add the sausage and onions, and sautée until the sausage is cooked through and the onions are translucent.
- Add the chicken stock, garlic and crushed red peppers; bring the stock to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
- Add the potatoes and spinach, cover the pot, and simmer for 12-15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
- Add the cream, gently stir and serve.
I could enjoy this all year long – wonderful recipe. I am terrified of pressure cookers – hope you can teach me how to use them.
Hi Liz – I’m making this again tonight, perfect for our overcast rainy weather. Glad you like it!
Love fast soups that are so hearty and delicious! We (Liz) and I need pressure cooker classes someday!
Hi Mary – turns out I need a lesson in using my pressure cooker, too! Couldn’t get it to work. Such is life.
Made this for dinner tonight. It was delicious! It was so quick to put together and I already had all the ingredients. The kids approved too!
Liz – I’m so glad you all liked it! With this weather today I’m making a pot of this tonight. Happy Monday!
I could eat a huge bowl of this right now. Delish!
My husband loves Spicy Italian Sausage! And he loves soup… he’s be so happy if I would make it for him more often (I”m not much of a soup fan). I will have to put this one on our list!
Love this recipe Lisa!
I can definitely see what the fuss is all about! 🙂 This looks absolutely fabulous. I’ll definitely be adding this to our cool weather rotation.
Too bad the pressure cooker didn’t work out. Which one did you get? Regardless, this soup looks delicious :)!!
The fancy Breville one – it’s definitely a user error! I also don’t own a slow cooker. I’m missing out on the kitchen gadgets!