Creamy Tomato Soup with Pork Sausage

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian cheese blend
  1 c
• Italian pork sausage
  18 oz
• Italian seasoning
  1 tbsp
• butter
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  2 unit
• cornstarch
  4 tbsp
• cream sauce base
  8 oz
• demi-baguette
  2 unit
• mushroom stock concentrate
  2 unit
• peas
  8 oz
• pepper
• salt
• tomato paste
  3 oz

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• medium bowl
• baking sheet

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove Italian pork sausage from casing; discard casing. TIP: Use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to cut a slit in the casing lengthwise; it's a quick way to de-case the sausage!

   Italian pork sausage: 18 oz
2. 

   2

   Heat butter (1 TBSP butter for 2 servings; 2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage and half the Italian seasoning (all for 4); cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.

   butter: 2 tbsp, Italian seasoning: 1 tbsp
3. 

   3

   While the sausage is cooking, in a medium bowl , whisk together cornstarch and 1/2 cup water until combined. Add tomato paste to pot with sausage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until combined, ⏱️ 30 seconds . Increase heat to high. Stir in cream sauce base , chicken stock concentrate , mushroom stock concentrate , cornstarch mixture, and 1 1/2 cups hot water (3 1/2 cups for 4 servings); bring to a boil. Cook until thickened, ⏱️ 5 minutes . TIP: If soup seems too thick, stir in another 1/4 cup of water. Remove pot from heat; stir in peas . Taste and season generously with salt (we used 3/4 tsp; 1 1/2 tsp for 4) and pepper .

   cornstarch: 4 tbsp, tomato paste: 3 oz, cream sauce base: 8 oz, chicken stock concentrate: 2 unit, mushroom stock concentrate: 2 unit, peas: 8 oz, salt, pepper
4. 

   4

   While soup cooks, halve the demi-baguette lengthwise. Place cut sides up on a baking sheet . Sprinkle with half the Italian cheese blend . Bake on top rack until cheese melts, 4-6 minutes. Divide soup between bowls; top with remaining Italian cheese. Serve with cheesy bread on the side.

   demi-baguette: 2 unit, Italian cheese blend: 1 c