Wisconsin Sausage Soup Recipes

SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, cook sausage over medium heat until no pink remains.
• Add onions, celery, and carrots. Cook uncovered for 5 minutes, or until onions are soft.
• Add tomatoes, chicken broth, cabbage, and basil. Bring to a boil. Stir in macaroni, and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until pasta is tender. Season with garlic salt. Serve.

SAUSAGE POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, brown sausage; drain. Set sausage aside. In the same pan, combine the potatoes, corn, broth, celery, carrot and seasonings. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add the milk, cheese, parsley and sausage. Cook and stir over low heat until cheese is melted and soup is heated through.

WISCONSIN NATIVE'S BEER CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together carrots, onion, celery, and garlic. Stir in hot pepper sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Pour in chicken broth and beer; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, heat butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Stir in flour with a wire whisk; cook, stirring until the flour is light brown, about 3 or 4 minutes. Gradually stir in milk, whisking to prevent scorching, until thickened. Remove from heat, and gradually stir in cheese. Keep warm.
• Stir beer mixture into cheese mixture. Stir in Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and dry mustard. Adjust for hot pepper sauce. Bring to a simmer, and cook 10 minutes. Serve topped with popcorn.

ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and green pepper; cook and stir until tender, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from pot., In same pot, brown sausage over medium heat. Add potatoes, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, broth and onion mixture. If desired, stir in liquid smoke and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes. If desired, top servings with sour cream.

BEST ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until brown. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towels. Drain fat from pan, reserving 3 tablespoons.
• Cook garlic and onion in reserved fat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, wine, broth, basil, and oregano. Transfer to a slow cooker, and stir in sausage, zucchini, bell pepper, and parsley.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain water, and add pasta to the slow cooker. Simmer for a few minutes, and season with salt and pepper before serving.

WISCONSIN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot, and garlic and saute unitl softened.
• Add flour, cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Add chicken broth, milk, beer, Worcestershire, salt, mustard, and bay leaf.
• Reduce heat to low and cook until soup has thickened, whisking often.
• Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Slowly whisk both cheeses into soups until combined and smooth.
• Cut sausage lengthwise into quarters, then slice into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Saute sausage in a small skillet over medium-high heat until heated through.
• Blot excess fat from sausage with paper towels.
• Add sausage to soup and stir.
• Serve hot with crackers or crusty bread.

FRESH BRATWURST WISCONSIN STYLE

Steps:

• Cut the pork butt, veal, and fat into 1 inch cubes. Spread on a plate, and place in the freezer for 10 minutes to make it easier to chop. Place food processor bowl and blade in the freezer as well for the same amount of time.
• Set up the food processor and add just enough meat to cover the blade. Pulse to form chunks about 3/8 inch in size. Repeat with remaining meat. Process the fat into smaller pieces, about 1/4 inch, and mix it with the meat.
• Put the chopped meat and fat into a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, sugar, mustard and mustard seed, nutmeg, and sage. Pour in cold milk, and add grated potatoes if desired. Mix together with your hands.
• Make a small patty of the sausage mixture, and fry it in a small pan over medium heat. Taste, and adjust seasonings of the sausage mix if necessary. Cover bowl, and refrigerate for 8 hours to improve flavor before cooking as desired.

SAUSAGE CHEESE SOUP, WISCONSIN, NO BEER

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot and garlic; sauté until softened.
• Add flour; cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Add chicken broth, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt, mustard and bay leaf.
• Reduce heat to low; cook until soup has thickened, whisking often. Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Slowly whisk cheeses into soup until blended and smooth.
• Cut Smoked Sausage lengthwise into quarters, then slice into 1/2-inch pieces. Sauté sausage in small skillet over medium-high heat until heated through. Blot excess grease with paper towels; add sausage to soup. Serve soup hot.

EASY CHEESY BEER AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In heavy stockpot, sauté celery, carrots, red pepper and onion in butter until tender, 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add diced sausage and sauté for a few more minutes. Stir in flour. Pour in beer, half and half and chicken broth. Wisk often and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and and stir in cheese. Add dash of hot sauce and season with a little more salt and pepper.
• If soup gets too thick add more chicken broth or a little milk. Garnish with cheese popcorn or croûtons and soup chopped parsley.

SAUSAGE & WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, deep saute pan or soup kettle over medium-high heat. When pan is hot, add sausages; cook, turning once or twice, until well-browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. (Sausage will not be fully cooked at this point.) Remove from pan. When cool enough to handle, cut into slices 1/4-inch thick.
• Add prosciutto, onions, carrots, celery and thyme to the empty skillet; cook, stirring often, until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes. In a small bowl, mash one can of beans with a fork into a chunky puree. Add broth, whole and mashed beans, and sausage; cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, partially covered, to blend flavors, 20 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes; serve.

SAUSAGE PIZZA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the sausage, zucchini, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, water, broth, dried basil and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with fresh basil and pepper flakes if desired.