Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage.

You can cook Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage

1. You need 4 of thin Italian sausages, skins removed & roughly chopped.
2. You need 1 of medium brown onion, finely chopped.
3. You need 4 slices of Proscuitto, chopped.
4. It’s 1 of carrot, finely diced.
5. You need 1 of celery stick, finely diced.
6. You need 1 of zucchini, finely diced.
7. You need 3 of large ripe tomatoes, diced.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of pearl barley.
9. Prepare 1 litre of chicken stock.
10. It’s 2 Tbsp of tomato paste.
11. It’s 1 bunch of English spinach, finely shredded.
12. You need of Shaved Parmesan to serve.

Pearl Barley Minestrone with Italian Sausage step by step

1. Prep ingredients- keeping them separate to one another..
2. Fry sausage,until golden brown, in a little olive oil and set aside..
3. Add the onion, pancetta, carrot and celery and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens..
4. Add the zucchini, tomato, pearl barley and sausage and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until zucchini softens slightly..
5. Add the chicken stock and tomato paste and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until barley is tender and soup thickens slightly. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (I didn't add salt- enough in the Proscuitto).
6. Add the spinach to the soup and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Ladle soup among serving bowls. Top with parmesan and serve immediately..