Olive Garden Pasta E Fagoli Soup

By gnoll

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)

Details

Cooking time 60mins

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.