Italian Wedding Soup

Ingredients

• 1 12 oz. pkg. of Zweigle’s All Natural Chicken Italian Sausage, diced
• 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
• 1 medium shallot, chopped
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 5 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 10 cups of fresh escarole, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup of dry white wine
• 8 cups of reduced sodium chicken stock
• 2 tsp. of dried Italian seasoning
• 2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
• 2 tbsp. olive oil

Instructions

1. Heat 2 tbsp. olive oil in a heavy bottom saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Sauté’ diced chicken sausage in olive oil until lightly browned.
3. Remove sausage from the pot and add the garlic, onion and shallots.
4. Sauté’ until tender.
5. Add Italian seasoning, fresh basil and white wine and simmer 1-2 minutes.
6. Add sausage, stock, cheese and escarole and bring to a light boil.
7. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 hour
8. Serve hot with fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese garnish.