Reddit Zuppa Toscana

Ingredients

Serves/makes 6

1 package (5 links) hot Italian sausage

4 slices bacon, chopped

1 large onion, diced

2 carrots, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

lots of garlic, minced (about 2-3 tablespoons)

8 cups chicken broth (use decent stuff!)

4 russet potatoes, unpeeled, and sliced into discs. (Tip: slice three potatoes into about 1/4” thick slices and the other one into very thin slices, this allows the thinner ones to break down a bit and thicken your soup)

1.5 cups half and half (or heavy cream if you don’t care about the fat/calories)

2 tablespoons cornstarch (leave out if you use the heavy cream)

4-5 cups chopped kale

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1.
Brown sausage in Dutch oven or deep soup pot. Cook at medium till no longer pink. Drain sausage and set aside (I just pour it all into a colander in the sink and let it sit there)
2.
Add bacon to the same pot and cook until crisp. Remove bacon into a paper towel-lined bowl and save about 1 tablespoon of bacon grease in pot.
3.
Add onions, garlic, carrots, and celery to pot with grease. Cook for about 5 minutes until veggies have softened a bit.
4.
Pour chicken broth into pot and bring back to a boil. When boiling, add potatoes and turn down to simmer. Cover and let cook for 20-25 minutes or until potatoes are fork-tender.
5.
(Optional: Use a potato masher to very lightly mash up the potatoes in the soup. You don’t want to lose all those chunks, but I find a few good mashes thickens the soup and makes the potatoes more bite-sized)
6.
Add the cooked sausage back into the pot. Add the half and half to the pot. Mix your cornstarch with some water to make a slurry, and add to pot. Stir. Bring back to a simmer for about 3-5 minutes.
7.
Taste your delicious broth and add salt/pepper to taste.
8.
Add chopped kale and stir. It should wilt within a couple minutes. Once it’s wilted, dish up that soup, top with the reserved bacon, and enjoy!

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Notes

Much better than the other recipe I've been using although a bit more involved. I used 1/2 cornstarch and also used heavy whipping cream

Reddit Zuppa Toscana

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