Olive Garden Pasta E Fagoli Soup Recipe

60 mins

Ingredients

2 lb. ground beef/sausage (I used sausage)
12 oz. onion, chopped
14 oz. carrots, slivered
14 oz. celery, diced (I left this out for Les)
48 oz. tomatoes, canned, diced
2 C. cooked red kidney beans
2 C. cooked white kidney beans
88 oz. beef stock
3 t. oregano
2 1/2 t. pepper
5 t. parsley, fresh, chopped
1 1/2 t. Tabasco sauce
48 oz. spaghetti sauce
8 oz. dry pasta shell macaroni or other pasta (tiny)

Preparation

Step 1

Saute beef or sausage in oil in large 10 qt. pot until it starts to brown, add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Drain and rinse beans & add to the pot.
Add beef stock, oregano, pepper, tobasco sauce, spaghetti sauce 7 noodles. Add chopped parsley. Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.

Cut recipe in half, unless serving large crowd.

Spicy.