Italian Sausage Soup

Fall: the season of soups! I really love this soup too, it's got a bit of spice from the sausage. I would have loved some sourdough with this but I'm still working on developing my starter... oh well.

Italian Sausage Soup

1 lb hot italian sausage

1 teaspoon italian seasoning

15 oz can butter beans

15 oz can black beans

15 oz can diced tomatoes

4 cups beef stock

• In a large pot cook the sausage over medium-high heat until thoroughly cooked. Add the italian seasoning and mix together.
• Drain and rinse the butter and black beans. Add them to the sausage mixture along with the tomatoes and beef stock.
• Simmer until ready to serve.

I also made cream puffs filled with a creme chiboust (pastry cream with italian meringue). This is similar to some stuff we made in class today... a St. Honore Cake. It's a cake with a puff pastry base, piped with pate a choux -- creme chiboust piped on top after it's baked and topped with caramel dipped cream puffs. Maybe someday I'll make that when I have time, it's really delicious.

Ashley