Pasta e Fagioli with Sausage

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 rib celery, chopped fine
• 1 pound mild Italian sausages
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
• ½ teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 ¾ cups canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock
• + 6 more ingredients
• • ½ cup tubetti or other small macaroni
  • 1 onion, chopped fine
  • 6 cups drained and rinsed canned kidney beans (three 19-ounce cans)
  • 1 carrot, chopped fine
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 bay leaf

1. In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderate heat. Add the sausages and cook, turning, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove. When cool enough to handle, halve the sausages lengthwise and then cut crosswise into slices. 2. Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil...

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