Gnocchi, Sausage and Spinach Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 cups bulk pork sausage

  cooked
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 orange bell pepper

  diced
• 1/2 red bell pepper

  diced
• 1 onion

  chopped
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic from a jar
• 40 oz. chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups spinach

  chopped
• 1 tsp. sea salt

  or kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• 1 2/3 cups heavy whipping cream
• 12 oz. gluten free gnocchi
• 1/2 cup gluten free flour
• water

  as needed
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

  for garnish
• 1 tsp. fresh basil

  for garnish, if desired

Instructions

• 1 Cook sausage.
• 2 Use a hamburger chopper to break the sausage up into small pieces while frying.
• 3 Drain.
• 4 In a large Dutch oven pour a few tablespoons of olive oil.
• 5 Add peppers and onions.
• 6 Cook over medium heat about 2-3 minutes.
• 7 Add garlic and sauté another minute or two.
• 8 Stir in sausage, then chicken broth, water, basil, salt and pepper.
• 9 Simmer about 15 minutes.
• 10 Add gnocchi and spinach and cook until gnocchi floats about 2-4 minutes.
• 11 Turn heat to low.
• 12 Add cream.
• 13 Stir gluten free flour with enough water to make a thin sauce.
• 14 Stir into soup to thicken.
• 15 Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with parmesan cheese and fresh basil, if
  desired.

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