Decentralized Cooking: Zuppa Toscana

Hi Dlive!

Today's recipe is a classic that will knock the socks off of Olive Garden. Most people praise the Zuppa Toscanna from Olive Garden. But nothing beats homemade. Hope you enjoy and try it out for yourselves.

Zuppa Toscana

INGREDIENTS:

4 slices bacon
1 lb. hot Italian sausage
1 large onion
6 large russet potatoes
3 T chicken bouillon
3 cloves garlic
Salt to your tasting
Black pepper to your tasting
Red pepper flakes to your taste
1 T Italian seasoning
2 bunches of kale
1 C heavy cream
Parmesan to serve

In a large stockpot cook bacon till crispy, take out of stockpot and let cool. Once cool chop up into small bits. After cooking bacon, add sausage (casings removed) and onion and garlic in same stockpot and sauté until sausage is brown. Take out sausage, onion and garlic and in same stockpot add water enough to cover potatoes, potatoes, bouillon, salt, red pepper flakes, pepper and Italian seasoning and bring to boil. Once at a boil let mixture simmer and cook potatoes till fork tender. Add in kale, bacon, sausage mixture, and cream and continue to simmer for about 10 mins. Sever with freshly grated parmesan.

Enjoy!

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