Recipe - Sicilian Sausage Soup

1 pound Sausage (sweet and hot);
casing removed
1 Onion; finely chopped
3 Carrots; peeled and chopped
2 Pieces celery; chopped small
Handful chopped parsley
1 teaspoon Dried sweet basil
One half cup Orzo; (soupettes)
2 cn Italian style peeled
tomatoes; (16 oz.) break up
with a fork
1 cn Chicken broth salt and
pepper to taste; (28 oz.)

Break up sausage in small pieces and brown in medium skillet in a little
olive oil. Remove from skillet with slotted spoon and place in large
saucepan (set aside). Saute the onion in sausage drippings until tender.
Remove onion and add with sausage. Break up tomatoes and add to sausage.
Add vegetables, chicken broth, basil to sausage mixture. Bring to a boil;
cook over moderate heat for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low simmer for 45
minutes. In separate pot, cook orzo until almost done. Drain water from
orzo and add to sausage mixture. Simmer for additional 10 minutes.
Posted to recipeludigest by "Diane Geary." diane@keyway.net on Feb 4,
1998