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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Spicy Tuscan Soup



LOVE...this soup. I served this during the holidays and everyone loved it. It is fast and full of flavor. Don't let the "spicy" part of the soup scare you...it just adds interest and tons of flavor. Enjoy this soup with hot crusty garlic bread. As with most of my recipes..this one is fast, easy and very rewarding.

1 pound Spicy Breakfast Sausage
1 whole Medium Red Onion, diced
2 slices of bacon, diced
3 cloves of garlic, diced
4 red potatoes
1 quart of warm water
3 cubes Chicken Bouillon
1/4 bunches of Kale, Roughly Chopped
1/2 Heavy Cream - MUST use heavy cream...don't substitute.
Salt and Pepper

Crumble sausage into a dutch oven and heat over medium-high heat until cooked through. Drain and set the sauasage aside. Add bacon and onion to dutch oven. Reduce heat to medium and cook until onions are clear. Add minced garlic and cook one minute.
Slice potatoes in half and then cut in half shaped moons. Add warm water, bouillon cubes and potatoes to the Dutch oven and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until potatoes are almost done. Add remaining ingredients as well as the sausage and simmer for 5 minutes longer. Let cool and serve with crusty bread.

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