How to Prepare Appetizing Toscana Soup

Toscana Soup. Saute onions until translucent; add garlic and. Add the chicken broth, increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Directions In a large pot over medium heat, cook sausage, breaking up with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer.

Smoked sausage, potatoes, onion, and bacon are combined in a creamy chicken broth in this hearty soup with kale and garlic. Add just enough water to cover the. So, "zuppa" means soup in Italian. "Toscana" refers to the Tuscany region of Italy. You can have Toscana Soup using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Toscana Soup

1. You need 1 package of breakfast sausage links, chopped.
2. You need 1 package of bacon (not precooked), chopped.
3. It's 1 of med onion, chopped.
4. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
5. Prepare 2-3 packs of Knorrs chicken stock base.
6. You need 1 quart of water.
7. It's 3 of large potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes.
8. It's 1 bunch of kale, stemmed and chopped.
9. Prepare 1/2-1 cup of heavy cream.
10. It's of salt and pepper.

Therefore, "Zuppa Toscana" translates to "Tuscan soup" or "Tuscan-style soup." Traditionally, this soup is made with lots of veggies, beans, potatoes, olive oil, spices, Italian bacon, and Tuscan bread (it kind of reminds me of a minestrone). Zuppa Toscana Soup is one of my most popular soup recipes, have you tried it yet? It's packed with slices of tender russet potatoes, flavorful Italian sausage and bacon, fresh kale and a rich and creamy broth. So much comforting flavor in one bowl of soup!

Toscana Soup instructions

1. In a soup pot fry sausage till done, remove and set aside, drain grease..
2. In the same pot fry bacon till crisp, remove, divide and set aside. Drain grease, keeping a few teaspoons in the pot..
3. Add onions to the bacon grease and cook until translucent, add the garlic and cook an additional minute..
4. Add chicken stock base*, water and potatoes..
5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are fully cooked..
6. Add sausage, kale, half the bacon and the cream*..
7. Simmer an additional 4 minutes or until desire doneness of kale..
8. Salt and pepper to taste, serve topped with remaining crumbled bacon..
9. When I add the stock base and cream I start with the minimum amount required and then taste and add or not to suite my own personal preference..

Made with Italian sausage and russet potatoes, this quick and easy recipe is a perfect copycat of Olive Garden's® "Zuppa Toscana soup." Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup. Recipe by Karen Anne Newton RN. This is The Olive Garden's recipe, from their cookbook. It has been cut down to make a more reasonable size. I have made this for several years, and everyone who has tasted it, loves it.