Zuppa Toscana, There are dime a dozen recipes online. The base ingredients is the same for all. I dont think you can go wrong with this.
But again this differs based on my love for spices and avoiding whipped cream all together. I would love to try this in slow cooker by frying onions, garlic, sausages. Transfer in a slow cooker with potatoes, chicken stock, salt and kale.
Here is my version on stove stop:
1 lb Italian (
mild / hot sausage)
- 5 large russet potatoes sliced in half, and then in 1/4
inch slices
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup
bacon bits or bacon flavor ( optional)
- 2 to 3 garlic clove, minced
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder or 1 inch long cinnamon
- ¼ tsp clove powder or 3 to 4 cloves ( I grind them in coffee grinder)
- 1 tsp dry oregano
- 4 cups kale or 2 cups swiss chard,
chopped you don’t have to be
accurate. Use how much or less you want.
- 2(8 ounce) cans chicken broth or vegetables broth
- 2 cups of water
- 1cup whole milk or heavy whipping cream
DIRECTIONS
1. In 3 Tbsp oil fry onions and garlic until translucent
2. Add Chopped/
sliced uncooked sausage. I like it crumbled, so I crumble them with while they
cook. Replace sausage with veggie protein if you want a vegetarian soup.
3. Add clove and cinnamon powder, 1 tsp dry oregano
and ½ tsp black pepper. I love it spicy
so I add 1 tsp red chili powder or paprika and 1 /1/2 tbsp. salt. Stir in sausages and add potatoes
4. Adjust spices and salt based on your preference.
5. Add chopped potatoes within 2 min after adding
spices. you don’t want spices to burn. Cut potato in half-length wise and then
slice them in half shaped moon
6. Add potatoes to crumbled sausages / veggie protein.
Add chicken stock or vegetables stock. Cooking
potatoes this way, takes about 1/ ½ hour on medium heat. If you own a pressure
cooker then the time is reduced by 1 hour.
7. Pressure cook chopped potatoes for about 10 min
or 2 or 3 whistle, if in doubt remove early. You don’t want overcooked potatoes
8. Add bacon or just the flavor
9. Add chopped washed kale
10. Add fresh basil about ¼ cup
11. Simmer for another 15 minutes.
12. At this point I use hand blender to crumble
kale and potatoes just a bit, don’t make it mushy.
13. Turn to low heat.
14. Add cream/ whole milk .
15. Heat through and serve.
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