Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pearl barley minestrone with italian sausage. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pearl barley minestrone with italian sausage using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage:

1. Prepare thin Italian sausages, skins removed & roughly chopped
2. Make ready medium brown onion, finely chopped
3. Take Proscuitto, chopped
4. Prepare carrot, finely diced
5. Take celery stick, finely diced
6. Get zucchini, finely diced
7. Get large ripe tomatoes, diced
8. Prepare pearl barley
9. Make ready chicken stock
10. Make ready tomato paste
11. Get English spinach, finely shredded
12. Prepare Shaved Parmesan to serve

It comes in a variety of flavors these days. I love it because it is lean but still has just enough fat to be flavorful. Good old pork sausage can't be beat either! Again, go with an Italian blend if you can find it as it is chalk full of garlic and spices.

Steps to make Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage:

1. Prep ingredients- keeping them separate to one another.
2. Fry sausage,until golden brown, in a little olive oil and set aside.
3. Add the onion, pancetta, carrot and celery and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens.
4. Add the zucchini, tomato, pearl barley and sausage and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until zucchini softens slightly.
5. Add the chicken stock and tomato paste and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until barley is tender and soup thickens slightly. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (I didn't add salt- enough in the Proscuitto)
6. Add the spinach to the soup and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Ladle soup among serving bowls. Top with parmesan and serve immediately.

I am not a lover of minestrone. I tried this soup, and it is fantastic! The sage really gives it a wonderful flavor, and the barley thickens it and makes it taste rich. I have made it a dozen times, and it comes out consistently great every time. I have done it in the crock pot and it works well.

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