Hurry-Up Sausage And Bean Soup

• 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)

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

sausage links, great northern beans, onion, clove garlic, ready, sherry, ground cumin, parsley, lemon slices, sour cream

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=1007603 (may not work)