Corn and Pioneer Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• 2½ cups chopped onions
• ½ cup each chopped green and red peppers and celery
• 6 tbsp butter
• 1½ lbs fully cooked Pioneer Sausage, cut into ¼ inch pieces
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 cans Italian-style tomato sauce
• 3 packages frozen corn
• 2 cans Italian diced tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 3 bay leaves
• 1½ tsp each of dried basil, oregano and thyme
• ½ tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp dried marjoram

Optional ingredient

• ¼ tsp hot pepper sauce

 

Preparation

In Dutch Oven or soup kettle, sauté onions, peppers and celery in butter until tender. Add sausage and garlic. Cook for 8 - 10 minutes or until heated. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves before serving.