Zuppatoscanafromolivegarden Recipes

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon; set aside to drain. Add the Italian sausage to the drippings and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Transfer to the paper towel-lined plate to drain.
• Add the potatoes, garlic and onion to the drippings and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Season with the crushed red pepper flakes and salt and pepper. Add the chicken broth, increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender and cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add the kale, heavy cream, bacon and sausage and cook over medium heat until the kale is tender, another 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar just before serving.

Steps:

• Chop or slice uncooked sausage into small pieces and cook until browned and meat is ground in bottom of your soup pan over med-high heat.
• Add onions, garlic, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to Sausage and cook until onions are clear and aromatics of the seasonings blend together.
• Reduce heat back to medium and place, potatoes, in the pot. and slowly add the Chicken Stock and water and stir. (use Chicken Bouillon envelope for extra flavor is Chicken Stock is weak).
• Cook on medium heat until potatoes are done and stir occasionally. Once Potatoes are done, Add flour or cornstarch and simmer for another 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to lowest setting and sprinkle in your kale and cooked bacon and slowly pour cream while stirring.
• Check for taste and then serve.

Steps:

• If sausage is in links, take out of wrapper (or slice).
• Cook ground sausage, until done. Cook bacon and onion over medium heat, when bacon is crisp, take it out of the pan and leave the onion.
• Add garlic to the onion, and cook 1 minute.
• Add chicken base, water, and potatoes; simmer 15 minutes.
• Crumble bacon.
• Add crumbled bacon, sausage, kale and cream.
• Simmer 4 minutes, then serve.

Steps:

• Remove sausage from casings if applicable. Sauté Italian sausage and crushed red pepper in a large pot. Drain excess fat, refrigerate while you prepare other ingredients.
• In the same pan, sauté bacon, onions and garlic for approxiamtly 15 minutes or until the onions are soft.
• Mix together the chicken bouillon and water, then add it to the onions, bacon and garlic. Cook until boiling.
• Add potatoes and cook until soft, about half an hour.
• Add heavy cream and cook until thoroughly heated.
• Stir in the sausage.
• Add kale just before serving. Delicious!

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage and brown the meat in a skillet, then put in stockpot.
• Chop up bacon and onions and cook till onions are translucent, then add to stockpot.
• Slice up potatoes, leave the skins on. Slice potatoe lengthwise, then in half and then into 1/4 inch thick triangles, and add to stockpot.
• Add Chicken broth, minced garlic and water to stock pot.
• Boil for 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Slice up Kale, removing veins, thinly and add the half and half (after potatoes are tender. Lower heat to a simmer, and simmer for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onions until they are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Place in the bottom of a 4-quart pot or dutch oven.
• Mix in sliced potatoes and vegetable broth to the pot. Bring mixture to a boil and cook, uncovered, until potatoes are easily pierced with a knife, 10 to 12 minutes. Add kale, vegetarian sausage, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Cover and let simmer until half of the liquid is evaporated, about 8 minutes.
• Pour in half-and-half to mixture. Cover and simmer until heated through, no longer than 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve.

Steps:

• Cut potatoes into quarters, then slice each piece into quarter inch pieces.
• Combine first 5 ingredients into a large pot and simmer over medium heat until potatoes begin to break up (15-20 minutes).
• While other ingredients simmer, cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat until brown and crumbled. Remove from pan and place on a plate that has been covered in 3-4 papertowels (to further drain the fat).
• In the same skillet, saute bacon until crisp.
• When potatoes are done, add sausage and bacon to the pot. Simmer 10 more minutes.
• Add kale and evaporated milk. Simmer for 5-10 more minutes and then enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, put water, bouillon, salt, red pepper flakes, garlic, and potatoes. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally.
• Sauté the sausage and onion in a skillet, until the sausage is brown, then add it to the stockpot, along with the Kale. Simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, or until Kale and potatoes are tender.
• Add the cream and bacon bits, and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Notes:.
• I use 10 medium size potatoes.
• Half and Half can be substituted for the heavy cream if desired.
• Kale can be found in the produce department of most grocery stores.
• The soup at The Olive Garden is not thick. If you wish yours to be more like a cream soup, simply simmer it longer, and mash some of the potatoes in the pot with a wooden spoon, and stir frequently until of the desired consistency.