Monday, February 13, 2017

Zuppa Toscana - Olive Garden copy cat (Crockpot)


Ingredients;
1 lb Jimmy Dean's sausage
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bag Simply potatoes - potatoes and onions
32 oz. chicken stock
1 bunch of kale (washed, de-stemmed and torn into small pieces)
2 cups heavy cream
3 Tbsp tapioca starch (GF) or 3 Tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Directions:
Over medium heat in frying pan cook sausage until cooked through and browned. Add garlic cook 5 minutes.
In crockpot on low, add cooked sausage and garlic.  Then add potato and onions.  Pour chicken stock into crockpot - covering the potatoes. 
Cook on low 5 hours (or until potatoes are cooked through).
In a small bowl stir starch/flour in the cream until blended with no lumps.
Add the mixture to the crockpot.  Turn crockpot temperature to high.
Add kale, salt, and pepper.
Cook on high for 30 minutes or until soup thickens.

Makes 10 cups.