Ingredients

  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • 1 red bell pepper, and
  • 1 yellow bell pepper
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 3 garlic cloves (chopped)
  • 1 cup chunky Ragu Pasta Sauce
  • 2 gold yukon gold potatoes
  • 1 cup rigatoni pasta
  • 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas
  • 12 bunch cauliflower
  • 1 cup torn kale leaf (stems removed)
  • 1 teaspoon rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 12 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon flour, mixed with
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, and
  • 1 tablespoon chopped basil, and
  • 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley
  • olive oil
  • parmesan cheese

Method

  • 1.
  • Cut sausage into small pieces.
  • Peel and chop onion and bell peppers into cubes.
  • Peel and grate carrots through a grater.
  • 2.
  • Heat one table spoon of olive oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium high heat.
  • Cook sausage until browned, for about 5-7 minutes, add onions and peppers and stir.
  • Add grated carrots.
  • Cook for 2-3 minutes, then add garlic cloves and spices and cook for one minute.
  • Add 1 cup Ragu chunky pasta sauce and 5 cups of water and bring to boil.
  • Turn down the heat on low.
  • 3.
  • Peel and chop potatoes into cubes.
  • Add them to the pot.
  • Cover the lid, bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add pasta and cook for 5 minutes.
  • 4.
  • Cut cauliflower into florets and add them to the pot along with kale leaves.
  • Cook for 10 more minutes until cauliflower is tender.
  • Add cooked garbanzo beans to the pot and stir everything together.
  • Mix together one table spoon flour with 1 table spoon of water and add it to the pot as a thickener, cook for one more minute.
  • 5.
  • To make herbed butter: mix together soft butter with finely minced herbs.
  • To serve, put a dollop of butter over the bowl of soup with sprinkles of Parmesan cheese.