Upstate Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

1 lb italian sweet sausage
1 tb olive
1 c onion
1 clove garlic
1 c carrots
1 ts crumbled basil
2 zucchini
1 lb italian pear
10 3/4 oz beef boullion
3 beef boullion
1 1/2 cups water
2 c cabbage
1 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper
1 lb great northern beans

Instructions

Undrained Small amount chopped parsley Slice sausage crosswise about 1/2 inch thick; brown in oil in deep saucepan or Dutch oven. Add onion, garlic, carrots and basil; cook for 5 minutes. Add zucchini, tomatoes with liquid, boullion, cabbage, salt and pepper. Bring soup to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour. Add beans with liquid; cook another 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley.