Lasagna Soup

Ingredients

1 pound Italian sausage (spicy or mild, your choice)
2- 3 tablespoons olive oil
1 yellow onion, diced
6 cloves garlic, diced
3 Tbsp tomato paste
28-ounce can San Marzano tomatoes, crushed
7 cups of chicken broth (6 cups if you cook your pasta separately and not all together)
8 ounces diced mushrooms of your choice
2 tsp dried parsley
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup heavy cream
​16 oz lasagna noodles broken into small pieces. You can use any type of curly pasta like Mafalda which is just tiny adorable lasagna noodles.
Use a cheese mixture of 1 cup of ricotta, 1 cup shredded mozzarella, 1/2 a cup of Parmesan (combine the 3), or a cheese mixture of your choosing.
​Chopped basil to top the soup

Directions

Heat a skillet or dutch oven to medium-high heat, brown your Italian sausage until cooked through. Transfer meat into a bowl and set aside.

In the same skillet or dutch oven, heat 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil. Sauté your diced onions for about 5 minutes. Then add your garlic and your mushrooms and continue to sauté for about another 2 minutes.

Add your tomato paste and all your seasonings and cook for about a minute.

Mix in your crushed tomatoes and 6 or 7 cups of chicken broth (only 6 cups if cooking pasta separately which I advise).
​Add your sausage back into your pot and bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Now lower the heat and bring the sauce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in your quarter cup of heavy whipping cream.

While your sauce is simmering heat a large pot of water and cook your broken lasagna pasta noodles as directed. You could add your pasta noodles to your simmering sauce, but the noodles will absorb much of the sauce and you may end up with a creamy pasta dish instead of a soup. If you cook your pasta separately, only use 6 cups of chicken broth.

Once your pasta noodles are finished cooking, ladle them with a slotted spoon into your broth and stir until combined.

Add in your combination of cheeses and stir until the cheese has melted.

Ladle into individual bowls and top with chopped basil.