Olive Garden Toscana Soup

Starfire (aka Wendy)'s Note:

I get this soup, every time I go there.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 1/2 cups sausage links (12 Spicy Links)
• 2 medium potatoes, cut in half lengthwise then cut into 1/4-inch Slices
• 1 slice bacon, 1/4-inch diced
• 3/4 cup onion, diced
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 2 cups kale leaves, cut in half, then sliced
• 2 tablespoons chicken base
• 1 quart water
• 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300F degrees. Place sausage links onto a sheet pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until done; cut into half lengthwise, then cut at an angle into 1/2 inch slices.
2. Place onions and bacon in a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until onions are almost clear. Add garlic and cook an additional 1 minute.
3. Add chicken base, water and potatoes, simmer 15 minutes.
4. Add sausage, kale and cream. Simmer 4 minutes and serve.

Reviews

[internetnut]

I gave this 5 stars. My family loves this soup we get this at Olive Garden everytime we go there. I love making this soup as it's so easy and taste very close to what Olive Garden makes. The copy of this recipe I have is slightly different it calls for 6 slices bacon, 1 1/2 tsp garlic, minced, the rest is the same. I've made this soup several times. The most recent time I double the sausage and potatoes. I'll stick to doubling the recipe as the taste was slughtly changed. Overall this recipe is great and so good. Thanks for posting a yummy recipe (internetnut)