Rustic Turkey Sausage And Kale Soup Recipes

RUSTIC TUSCAN-STYLE SAUSAGE, WHITE BEAN, AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and brown, stirring occasionally to break into smaller pieces, approximately 10 minutes.
• Add onion, carrots, potato, and bay leaves. Season generously with kosher salt and cook until vegetables begin to soften, stirring occasionally, approximately 10 minutes. Add garlic and beans, and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Add kale, and cook until it becomes slightly wilted. Add chicken stock, season with salt and pepper, and cover with lid.
• Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat and keep at a simmer for about 45 minutes, although a bit longer is completely fine. The soup will thicken as the potatoes begin to release their starch into the soup.
• *the soup tastes best the second day. If time allows, cool soup completely, and refrigerate it for the following day. Reheat before serving.
• When about ready to serve, slice baguette. Drizzle each slice with a little olive oil and season with kosher salt. Bake at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes, until toasted. Top with grated gruyere and asiago cheese and broil for about 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted. It can go from melted to burnt pretty fast, so don't leave broiler unattended.
• Divide soup among bowls and top with a few slices of cheesy baguette.

RUSTIC TURKEY SAUSAGE AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Start out with the ground turkey or pork sausage in a 6 quart pot or dutch oven.
• Go ahead and brown it up in a little bit of olive oil while breaking it up with a wooden spoon. This should take about 10 minutes.
• While meat is browning, dice your onions and carrots, roughly. Cut the carrot into match sticks and then into cubes. (Tutorial coming soon!)
• Once the meat is all brown and crusty go ahead and remove from pot and reserve in another bowl.
• Add about 2 tablespoons of butter into the pot. And move it around. I used to be a "butter only on special occasions" type of gal, but more recently I have started to slip it into a few of my dishes here and there and it makes a world of a difference! You see those gorgeous crispy bits of meat on the bottom of the pot? This will give the soup loads and loads of flavor.
• Now add in your carrots and onions and let them "sweat" it out in their buttery sauna. Sweating means low heat and covered. No caramelization should occur. But if it does, no biggie.
• Next, cut up your potatoes roughly and mince some garlic. Use your microplaner for easy and quick garlic shredding! Watch those fingers, those things are sharp!
• Measure out your red pepper flakes depending on how super spicy you want the soup.
• Toss the garlic, red pepper flakes and potatoes into the onion carrot mixture and let cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add in your reserved turkey sausage.
• Next, pour in about 8 cups of your homemade or store bought chicken stock and make sure you get all the nitty gritty caramelized bits with your wooden spoon on the bottom of the pan. If using store bought chicken stock, which let's face it, most of us will, by the low sodium type.
• Add in the Parmesan rind.
• That's it. Let the soup cook for about 20 minutes.
• In the mean time roughly chop up your kale and run cold water through it to get all the grit and dirt off of it.
• Go ahead and drain the can of cannelini beans.
• After 20 minutes, go ahead and add in your beans and kale. The kale will wilt nicely into the soup. Just give it a few minutes and a stir or two for some encouragement.
• Check the seasoning of the soup. Your sausage will already be seasoned so make sure you check the soup as you go. .
• Serve the soup with some Parmesan cheese and a quick zest of lemon. I find the lemon just makes everything fresh and clean tasting.
• And if you are not on a pesky diet, go ahead and serve it with some gorgeous crusty bread.

ALMOST TUSCAN SAUSAGE AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat until the oil shimmers; cook and stir onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and black pepper until onion is translucent, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Mix sausage, basil, and paprika together in a bowl.
• Stir sausage mixture into onion mixture; cook and stir until sausage is browned and fully cooked, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, kale, cannellini beans, and potatoes to sausage-onion mixture; lower heat to medium low. Cover stockpot and simmer until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

RUSTIC ITALIAN TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Crumble sausage into a Dutch oven; add onion. Cook and stir over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, water and tomatoes. Bring to a boil., Add tortellini; return to a boil. Cook for 5-8 minutes or until almost tender, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; add the spinach, basil, pepper and pepper flakes. Cook 2-3 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted and tortellini are tender. Serve with cheese if desired.Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled soup in freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

KALE AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour and stir until the mixture becomes paste-like and light golden brown, about 3 minutes. Gradually whisk chicken broth and water into the roux, and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, and sage; cook until the mixture has thickened onions are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer sausage to a paper towel-lined plate to remove excess grease.
• Add sausage, potatoes, kale, and mushrooms to the stockpot. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes. Add half-and-half and season with salt and pepper.

SAUSAGE AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Add olive oil to dutch oven or large pot over medium heat and add onion. Cook for 5 minutes or until onions are translucent.
• Add sausage and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes. or until browned, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon to break into smaller pieces. Add garlic and continue to stir until the fragrant.
• Add chicken stock, carrots, salt, black pepper, and beans and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add kale and stir until the greens have wilted. Divide individual servings of this delicious soup among bowls, and top with parmesan cheese if desired.

SAUSAGE, LENTIL, AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot,heat oil over medium-high. Add sausageand cook, breaking up meat witha wooden spoon, until golden brown,about 5 minutes. Add celery and onionand cook until softened, about 5 minutes.Add lentils, broth, and 1/2 cup waterand bring to a boil. Reduce to a rapidsimmer, partially cover, and cook untillentils and vegetables are tender,25 minutes.
• Add kale and season with salt.Return soup to a rapid simmer, cover,and cook until kale wilts, about5 minutes. Remove soup from heat,stir in vinegar, and season withsalt and pepper.