Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, toscana soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Toscana Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Toscana Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

The variation in the potato size allows the thinly sliced potatoes to cook down and thicken the broth; a mix of hot and mild sausage gives the soup more "zip", and last, use low sodium chicken broth. Serve with hot crusty bread for a great meal. Season with the crushed red pepper flakes and salt and pepper. The soup at The Olive Garden is not thick.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook toscana soup using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Toscana Soup:

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

If you think soups aren't filling, you haven't tried this one. If you're a fan of the soup that Olive Garden serves, you'll love this version. I rather immodestly think my recipe is way, way better. Give it a try and let me know how you.

Steps to make Toscana Soup:

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.

I rather immodestly think my recipe is way, way better. Give it a try and let me know how you. So, "zuppa" means soup in Italian. "Toscana" refers to the Tuscany region of Italy. 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 made with sausage, potatoes, bacon (did someone say bacon?!), onion, chicken broth, kale, heavy cream, and parmesan cheese.

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