Zuppa Toscana Soup

The best Zuppa Toscana Soup is creamy and flavorful - filled to the brim with sausage, bacon, potatoes, kale, bone broth, and cream. It has all your favorite flavors like that classic restaurant soup, made from scratch.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword olive garden soups, zuppa soup, zuppa toscana recipe, zuppa toscana soup, zuppa toscana soup recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 593kcal

Author Lisa

Ingredients

8 slices bacon chopped
1 lb Italian sausage the "Hot" variety
1 head garlic minced
1 medium onion diced
8 cups broth 64 ounces
10 small potatoes yellow or red; I like these varieties, so I don’t have to peel them, like you would a russet
6 cups kale stems removed and leaves chopped
1 cup cream
Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

If you are using homemade chicken broth, be sure to start making it the morning of or even a few days in advance (store in the fridge).
Heat a large Dutch oven, or large stock pot, over medium heat.
Chop up bacon and add to the pot. Stir occasionally, until crispy.
While the bacon is cooking, dice up an onion, potatoes, and mince the garlic.
Strain extra bacon grease off. I like to use a fine mesh strainer and strain it into a jar to use for cooking at a later time.
Place the pot back on the stove and add onions. Sauté for a few minutes until soft.
Add garlic and sausage. Break it up using a spatula, then allow to brown.
Once that is nicely cooked through, add diced potatoes.
Pour broth into the pot and bring to a simmer.
Allow to simmer until potatoes are soft.
Remove the stems and chop the kale. Add to the pot along with some cream.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy.

Notes

If you are on a budget, you can easily use half the amount of sausage and save the other half for another meal, like sourdough breakfast strata.
Substitute spinach for kale if you don’t have any on hand. Just wait until right before serving to add the spinach, so it doesn’t completely dissolve.
To make this recipe dairy-free, you can either skip adding cream (which is a little sad) or substitute a dairy-free option. Choose one that has a milder flavor and tends to be creamier, like cashew milk or oat milk. It won’t have the same exact texture, but it will still be delicious.

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