{{ :recipes:zuppa-toscana.jpg?direct&200|}} ====== Zuppa Toscana ====== /* Description */ OK, so hear me out. This is a copycat recipe of Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana. I was talking with a guy and he mentioned making his family's favorite soup, and it turns out it's an Olive Garden soup. He convinced me that I should give it a try, so we're here. I hope it's good! {(rater>id=100|name=Zuppa Toscana|type=rate|headline=off)} |**Preheat:** °|**Yield:** servings|| |**Prep:** 0:00|**Wait:** 0:00|**Cook:** 0:00| ====== Ingredients ====== * 1 pound bulk mild Italian sausage * 1 ¼ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes * 4 slices bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces * 1 large onion, diced * 1 tablespoon minced garlic * 1 TBSP Flour * 6-8 cups chicken broth * 6 medium potatoes, thinly sliced * 3/4 cup heavy cream * 2 cups fresh spinach, tough stems removed * 1/4 cup Parmesan (freshly grated, for serving) ====== Directions ====== - Cook Italian sausage and red pepper flakes in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until crumbly, browned, and no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and set aside. - Cook bacon in the same Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. - Drain, leaving a few tablespoons of drippings with the bacon in the bottom of the Dutch oven. Stir in onions, cook until soft and translucent - Add garlicand cook until bloom, about 1 minute. - Add flour to fat and cook 1 minute. - Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil over high heat. - Add potatoes and simmer until fork tender, about 20 minutes. - Reduce heat to medium; stir in cream, cooked sausage, and spinach. - Cook and stir until spinach has wilted and sausage is warmed through; serve with Parmesan cheese. ====== Notes ====== Alternate ingredient list: * 1 pound Hot Italian Sausage (casings removed) * Use medium or sweet as desired * 1 Large Onion (chopped) * 3 cloves Garlic (minced) * add Salt * add Black Pepper (ground) * 6 cups Low-Sodium Chicken Broth * 4 Large Russet Potatoes (diced) * 1 bunch Curly Kale (leaves stripped and chopped) * ¾ cup Heavy Cream * 4 slices Bacon (cooked, chopped) * ¼ cup Parmesan (freshly grated, for serving) /* Nutrition block - remove the slash-asterisk and asterisk-slash from just above and below the following block */ /* ====== Nutrition ====== |Calories (kcal): |Fat Calories (kcal): |Cholesterol (mg): |[[recipes:notes:nutrition guidelines |(Guide)]] | |Fat (g): |Saturated Fat (g): |Mono Fat (g): |Poly Fat (g): | |Protein (g): |Carbohydrates (g): |Sodium (mg): |Fiber (g): | */ {{tag>Recipes Soup European/Italian }} /* Recipe Tags - Copy and paste tags from the list below to the tag list in the above line, replacing the "TagsNeeded" tag and separated by spaces. */ /* ---Recipe Types--- Appetizer Appetizer/Cold Appetizer/Hot Beverage Beverage/Cocktail Beverage/Liquor-Mixer Bread Bread/Biscuit-Roll Bread/Muffin Bread/Quickbread Bread/Yeast Breakfast Casserole Canning-Freezing Condiment Dessert Dessert/Bar-Brownie Dessert/Cake Dessert/Cake/Frosting Dessert/Candy-Chocolate Dessert/Crisp-Buckle Dessert/Cookie Dessert/Custard-Curd Dessert/IceCream-Ice Dessert/Pie Dessert/Pie/Crust Dessert/Topping Dip-Spread Entertaining Fondue Grilling-BBQ Grilling-BBQ/BBQSauce Holiday Ingredient Ingredient/Seasoning-Rub Ingredient/Brine-Marinade InstantPot Kid-Friendly MainDish MainDish/Beef MainDish/Poultry MainDish/Pork MainDish/Seafood MainDish/Vegetarian Pasta-Rice Pizza Roast Salad Salad/Dressing Sandwich Sauce-Gravy Sausage-Pate Side Side/Starch Side/Vegetable Snack Soup European/Italian Soup/Stock-Broth Stew-Braise Stew-Braise/InstantPot Stew-Braise/SlowCooker-Crockpot Stir-Fry Vegetarian ---Recipe Cuisines--- American American/Cajun-Creole American/Southern American/Southwestern African Asian Asian/Chinese Asian/Indian Asian/Japanese Asian/Korean Asian/Thai Asian/Vietnamese European European/English European/French European/Greek European/Polish European/Italian European/Spanish Latin Latin/Brazilian Latin/Mexican MiddleEastern ---Recipe Sources--- AmericasTestKitchen AmericasTestKitchen/CooksCountry AmericasTestKitchen/CooksIllustrated BonAppetit Chowhound FineCooking FoodWine GoodEats Gourmet KingArthurFlour MilkStreet LMaidment TMaidment DMarcos JMarcos KMarcos JPhalen DPendergast ---Recipe Ratings--- 5★ 4★ 3★ 2★ 1★ No★ ---Recipe Alerts--- RecipeNeeded RecipeIncomplete RecipeWrong RecipeFails TagsNeeded */ ~~DISCUSSION~~