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Hope you love it as well!
Zuppa Toscana
Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 15 servings
Recipe adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod
1 pound Italian Sausage
1/2 T red pepper flakes
1 large white onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 T crumbled bacon pieces (I used Hormel precooked bacon)
8 C chicken broth
2 C water
1 C half and half
2 large russet potatoes, sliced thin
3 C Kale, chopped
salt and pepper
2. While the sausage is cooking, slice up your potatoes. Nice and thin, now.
3. Then quarter the slices.
4. Chop up your onions, and mince your garlic.
5. Once the sausage is cooked remove it to a plate, and pour your onions, garlic and bacon into the soup pot. Saute them, stirring frequently until the onions are transparent.
6. Add the broth and water to the soup pot.
7. Carefully pour in your potatoes. Bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and let the potatoes cook. Should only take about 10 minutes.
8. While your taters are cooking wash up your Kale. This lovely image above is Kale. I have to admit, when I read the original recipe I though. “Kale? What in the world is Kale? Is that some kind of bird without the U sound in its name?” Don’t tell anyone how exceedingly lame I am, ok? Thanks. ‘Precieate it. Kale, my friends is a thick leafy vegetable that can be found in a regular grocery store in the produce section. Easy. Much easier than finding Quail, as far as I can tail tell.
Roughly chop up your Kale into small pieces.
9. Once your potatoes have cooked through, add the half and half,
and the Italian Sausage. Cook the soup just until it is heated through.
10. Add your Kale, remove from the heat and serve.
Enjoy and have a great weekend everyone!
Can you tell me what chopping tool you are using in these photos? What brand, where did you buy it, do you like it, does it work well, etc. Thanks. Your recipes are great and have helped me greatly. Any chance of copying Zupas chicken enchilada soup?
Hi Robin,
The knife in the pictures is part of the Ronco 25 Piece 6 Star Knife Set. You can purchase them at this link.
https://www.ronco.com/products/sixstar-knives.html
I love these knives. Couldn’t get along without them. I use the knife in the picture most often.
Good luck!
~Jamie
I made with this without adding water. Delish!
I made this for bunco, and it was a hit! Your son Mark is so handsome, what a great smile!
I started making this soup a few years ago and it was also my first time using kale. Since then we have learned to love it and I add it to so many things. My youngest children won’t eat green vegetables, but I blend a bunch of Kale in their strawberry banana smoothies and they never know. It is so good for us so I love using it whenever I can. A couple of variations I do with the soup which are step savers are to use chopped frozen potatoes and Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Crumbles (a lot less fattening). I love your recipes!
Have you tried this soup in a crock pot? Adding everything except the kale and half and half? I’m trying it today. I hope it works out. Will it make my sausage a spongy texture?
I am making this tonight for dinner. How long can you keep this as I will have several groups coming different times.