Andrea's Zuppa Toscana

Zuppa Toscana

Cook 2 lbs. hot Italian sausage, drain

Cook in 2 32 oz. cartons of chicken broth (I used Swanson's because there's no flavor in the generic):

1 diced medium onion

5 medium organic russet potatoes, half peeled and sliced thin

2 very large cloves of pressed garlic (almost ½ a head)

While that's cooking add chopped kale – I think about 4 large leaves, no stems

When potatoes are done, add 1 package pre-cooked bacon, chopped

1 pint heavy cream

The sausage

Fresh ground pepper.

Of course, fresh bacon would be better.  Between the bacon, sausage, and broth it didn't seem to need salt.  If using a milder sausage, add some red pepper flakes.  ½ and ½ is fine instead of heavy cream – not so rich of course.  And that seems to be at least twice as much soup as you need for 5 people, but leftovers are good.  If you serve bread, you should bring butter, because I forgot that.  5 people don't need a lot of bread either.  At least not these 5 people…