Olive Garden Toscana Soup

Serves 4

April Gillis

This is a potatoe sausage soup that is awesome. Tastes as close to the Olive Garden Toscana Soup as you can get!

ingredients

1 1/2 cups Spicy sausage links (I like to use Chirozo) Approx. 12 links
3/4 cup onion -- diced
1 1/2 tsp crushed red peppers
4 Tbsp bacon pieces
1 1/4 teaspoons garlic -- minced
10 cups of water
5 cubes of chicken bouillon
2-3 large potatoes,halved -- then sliced ino thin 1/4" slices. With the skin on.
2 cups kale leaves, sliced
1 cup heavy cream

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1. Sautee’ sausage and crushed red pepper in pot. Drain excess fat, refrigerate while you prepare other ingredients.
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2. In the same pan, sautee bacon, onions and garlic for approxiamtly 15 mins. or until the onions are soft.
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3. Mix together the chicken bouillon and water, then add it to the onions, bacon and garlic. Cook until boiling.
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4. Add potatoes and cook until soft, about half an hour.
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5. Add heavy cream and cook until thoroughly heated.
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6. Stir in the sausage.
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7. Add kale just before serving.
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Delicious!