April 7, 2011

• Recipe: Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden)

  My FAVORITE soup in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana. My sister found a recipe online and sent it to me. I finally made it this past weekend and devoured it.
  
  Note: I threw in an extra potato and instead of bouillon cubes I had bouillon packets so I used 3 of those. It was SO FRIGGIN GOOD! Here is the site I got it from.
  

  {Makes: 6-8 servings}
  
  INGREDIENTS
  1 lb ground Italian sausage
  1½ tsp crushed red peppers
  1 large diced white onion
  4 Tbsp bacon pieces
  2 tsp garlic puree
  10 cups water
  5 cubes of chicken bouillon
  1 cup heavy cream
  1 lb sliced Russet potatoes, or about 3 large potatoes
  ¼ of a bunch of kale
  
  
  DIRECTIONS
  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 over low-medium heat for approximately 15 mins. or until the onions are soft.
  Add chicken bouillon and water to the pot and heat until it starts to boil.
  Add the sliced potatoes and cook until soft, about half an hour.
  Add the heavy cream and just cook until thoroughly heated.
  Stir in the sausage and the kale, let all heat through and serve.
  

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