Hurry-Up Sausage And Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 oz. fully cooked smoked sausage links, cut diagonally into 1/4-inch slices
1 (16 oz.) can Great Northern beans, drained
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 c. ready to serve beef broth
1/4 c. dry sherry
3/4 tsp. ground cumin
1 Tbsp. chopped parsley
lemon slices (if desired)
sour cream (if desired)

Preparation

Place beans, onion and garlic in food processor bowl fitted with steel blade or blender container; process until smooth, scraping bowl as necessary.
Add broth, sherry and cumin; process until blended.
Pour into medium saucepan.
Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add sausage; cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in parsley.
Garnish with lemon and sour cream.
Makes 2 servings each with 496 calories, 23 g fat and 56 mg cholesterol.