Tuscan Soup

Name: Tuscan Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups chicken broth; 1 onion, chopped; 3 (3 1/2 ounce) hot Italian sausages; 3 large potatoes, cubed; 6 -8 ounces fresh spinach, washed, chopped, tough stems removed; 1/4 cup evaporated milk; salt and pepper

Community Pick

Submitted by KelBel

"This tastes like the Tuscan soup you can get at the Olive Garden. My husband says its a keeper."

Download

photo by javonsnanna

Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 4

ingredients

6 cups chicken broth
1 onion, chopped
3 (3 1/2 ounce) hot Italian sausages
3 large potatoes, cubed
6 -8 ounces fresh spinach, washed, chopped, tough stems removed
¹⁄₄ cup evaporated milk
salt and pepper

directions

Remove skin from sausage and crumble into frying pan.
Add chopped onion, and cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.
Place meat in a large stock pot; add stock and potatoes.
Boil until potato is cooked, about 10 minutes Add spinach.
Continue boiling until spinach is lightly cooked, about 5 minutes.
Remove soup from heat, stir in evaporated milk, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!

Reviews

Followed the recipe note for note and liked the result. I might have over seasoned with pepper a bit because they Soup did have a bit of heat to it. Like others I will try mild sausage next time and will see how that strikes me. Either way this is a good soup and worth tinkering with.

kevin.e.myers
This soup was okay but missing something. One reviewer suggested maybe it was because she used mild sausage but I used fresh homemade hot italian sausage and it was still missing something.

Red in US
It was ok, but like one reviewer said, it seemed to need something else. I followed the recipe exactly, except for substituting cream for the milk. I also only had mild sausages, because we don't like the hot stuff. Perhaps the spicy sausage is the "oomph" that I missed? Still, it is an easy and relatively quick soup.

annlouise
Outstanding indeed. I love this. I changed a few things in that I added a little basil and oregano as well as some garlic salt and ground red pepper for a little extra flavor. I sliced the potatoes thin instead of cubed. I also used kale instead of the spinach and half-and-half for the evaporated milk. Turned out just like what I was looking for. Thanks

Nimz_
Awesome soup! Husband loves it and so do I. Reheats and freezes nicely. I recently had my mother in law over for dinner for the first time and this is what I made. Now if that doesn't convince you that it's a)easy to make, and b)impressive on the taste buds...I don't know what will!

knitterstitcher

see 22 more reviews

Tweaks

It was ok, but like one reviewer said, it seemed to need something else. I followed the recipe exactly, except for substituting cream for the milk. I also only had mild sausages, because we don't like the hot stuff. Perhaps the spicy sausage is the "oomph" that I missed? Still, it is an easy and relatively quick soup.

annlouise
Outstanding indeed. I love this. I changed a few things in that I added a little basil and oregano as well as some garlic salt and ground red pepper for a little extra flavor. I sliced the potatoes thin instead of cubed. I also used kale instead of the spinach and half-and-half for the evaporated milk. Turned out just like what I was looking for. Thanks

Nimz_
This soup is absolutely wonderful. It's not often that there is a discussion around the dinner table about who is going to get the last bit of soup but this inspired a discussion. This recipe goes straight into "make often" category. I did make some slight changes. I added 2 minced garlic cloves, about a teaspoon of dried basil leaves and substituted 2% milk for the evaporated. In the future I will make one more change...double the recipe! Thank you, KelBel!

Cookin-jo
Wow, what a "souper" soup, add some fresh bread and you've got a meal. It truly does taste like the Olive Garden's soup. I had to make a few changes....instead of sausage links, I used Bob Evan's Italian sausage in a tube and doubled the broth to use the whole tube up. Because the meat wasn't spicy, I added red pepper flakes to taste while I browned it with the onions. I didn't have cans of broth, so I used 13 bouillon cubes with 12 cups of water. Used 10 oz. fresh spinach and 3/4 cup evaporated milk. Didn't need any extra salt or pepper. So easy to make. My husband loved it and so did I.

flaminghot22
Mmmmmmm....this is a delicious soup. I have never had this soup at Olive Garden, but I will have to have it next time I get there. I used cream in place of the evaporated milk and it turned out great. I did add some garlic, basil and oregano to add some more flavor but this is a definite keeper. Congrats on winning the football pool.

CookingONTheSide