Venison Sausage Zuppa Toscana Soup

[mazzgolf]

I am not really crazy about the food at Olive Garden, but there is one thing of theirs I really do like a lot- the zuppa toscana soup. For dinner tonight I decided to make it at home with some venison sausage that I also made. It came out really good!

Venison Sausage Zuppa Toscana Soup

INGREDIENTS:

1 lbs. venison sausage

1 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1 large white onion, diced

4 or 5 strips of bacon, diced

2 tsp garlic puree (or just a couple cloves garlic minced with a little olive oil)

10 cups water

5 cubes chicken bouillon

1 lbs. russet potatoes, thinly sliced

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 to 1/2 bunch kale, chopped

DIRECTIONS:

Combine sausage and red pepper flakes in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until sausage is brown and crumbled, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain excess fat; place in a bowl.

In same skillet, pre-cook the diced bacon a little. Get bacon grease to come out into the pan.

Add onion to half-cooked bacon in the bacon grease, and cook over medium-low heat until bacon is crisp and onions are soft, 10 to 15 minutes.

Add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until fragrant.

Combine in the same bowl with sausage.

Combine water and chicken bouillon cubes in a large pot; bring to a boil.

Stir in potatoes; cook and stir until soft (about 15 mins)

Pour in cream; simmer until heated through (about 2 mins)

Add sausage-onion mixture and kale; cook and stir until flavors combine (about 10 min)

Tweaked from: https//www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255253/og-zuppa-toscana-soup

 

[Lunatic]

Sounds and looks really good

[bushden]

27 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

I am not really crazy about the food at Olive Garden, but there is one thing of theirs I really do like a lot- the zuppa toscana soup. For dinner tonight I decided to make it at home with some venison sausage that I also made. It came out really good!

Venison Sausage Zuppa Toscana Soup

INGREDIENTS:

1 lbs. venison sausage

1 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1 large white onion, diced

4 or 5 strips of bacon, diced

2 tsp garlic puree (or just a couple cloves garlic minced with a little olive oil)

10 cups water

5 cubes chicken bouillon

1 lbs. russet potatoes, thinly sliced

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 to 1/2 bunch kale, chopped

DIRECTIONS:

Combine sausage and red pepper flakes in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until sausage is brown and crumbled, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain excess fat; place in a bowl.

In same skillet, pre-cook the diced bacon a little. Get bacon grease to come out into the pan.

Add onion to half-cooked bacon in the bacon grease, and cook over medium-low heat until bacon is crisp and onions are soft, 10 to 15 minutes.

Add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until fragrant.

Combine in the same bowl with sausage.

Combine water and chicken bouillon cubes in a large pot; bring to a boil.

Stir in potatoes; cook and stir until soft (about 15 mins)

Pour in cream; simmer until heated through (about 2 mins)

Add sausage-onion mixture and kale; cook and stir until flavors combine (about 10 min)

Tweaked from: https//www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255253/og-zuppa-toscana-soup

 

That looks incredible !!

[nmc02]

31 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

I am not really crazy about the food at Olive Garden, but there is one thing of theirs I really do like a lot- the zuppa toscana soup. For dinner tonight I decided to make it at home with some venison sausage that I also made. It came out really good!

Venison Sausage Zuppa Toscana Soup

INGREDIENTS:

1 lbs. venison sausage

1 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1 large white onion, diced

4 or 5 strips of bacon, diced

2 tsp garlic puree (or just a couple cloves garlic minced with a little olive oil)

10 cups water

5 cubes chicken bouillon

1 lbs. russet potatoes, thinly sliced

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 to 1/2 bunch kale, chopped

DIRECTIONS:

Combine sausage and red pepper flakes in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until sausage is brown and crumbled, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain excess fat; place in a bowl.

In same skillet, pre-cook the diced bacon a little. Get bacon grease to come out into the pan.

Add onion to half-cooked bacon in the bacon grease, and cook over medium-low heat until bacon is crisp and onions are soft, 10 to 15 minutes.

Add garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until fragrant.

Combine in the same bowl with sausage.

Combine water and chicken bouillon cubes in a large pot; bring to a boil.

Stir in potatoes; cook and stir until soft (about 15 mins)

Pour in cream; simmer until heated through (about 2 mins)

Add sausage-onion mixture and kale; cook and stir until flavors combine (about 10 min)

Tweaked from: https//www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255253/og-zuppa-toscana-soup

 

My absolute FAVORITE soup 

[Sako76]

Looks great!