Portuguese Sausage Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. spicy Italian sausage
1 lb. mild Italian sausage
1 c. sliced zucchini
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. sliced celery
1 c. pitted black olives
3 large potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 (32 to 38 oz.) large can whole peeled tomatoes, undrained
5 c. water
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. anise seed
1/2 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Remove casings from sausages.
Crumble meat into Dutch oven or heavy kettle and saute until browned.
Drain off fat.
Add all remaining ingredients to sausage.
Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
Serves 8.