1 1/2 lb. Italian mild sausage (cut in 1/2 inch pieces)
1 1/2 lb. Italian hot spicy sausage
5 cooked hamburger patties (cut in 1/2 inch cubes)
3 tablespoons olive oil
10 cups water
1 liter beef stock
1 680 ml tomato sauce
1 13 oz. tomato paste
38 oz. red kidney beans
2 cans 10 oz. mushrooms (sliced)
1 can 12 oz. Niblet corn
1 large zucchini (diced 1/2 inch pieces peel on)
2 large carrots (sliced 1/4 inch)
1/2 head green cabbage (shredded)
2 tbsp fresh garlic or powder (or to taste)
1/4 tsp pepper
4 tsp salt
2 tablespoons fresh sweet basil, minced
2 1/2 cups fusilli pasta (optional pasta of choice)
grated Parmesan cheese

Brown sausage in oil. After browning sausage add remaining ingredients and slow cook for 1 1/2 hours until pasta is tender.

This recipes makes 16 liters.

Wayne's soup feeds our son's offensive lineman following a game with great compliments and requests for more!! You can downsize the recipe if you're not feeding a gang either way you'll love it.

Submitted by: Wayne Ruttan