Olive Garden Toscana Soup

* Exported from MasterCook *

Olive Garden Toscana Soup

Recipe By : The Olive Garden -Public Relations
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Italian Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 1/2 cups Spicy sausage links -- 12 links
3/4 cup onion -- diced
1 1/4 teaspoons garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons chicken stock base
1 qt water
2 medium potatoes,halved -- then 1/4" slices
2 cups kale leaves, halved -- sliced
1/3 cup heavy cream


Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place sausage links onto a sheet pan
and
bake for 25 minutes, or until done; cut into half lengthwise, then
cut at
an angle into 1/2 inch slices. Place onions and bacon in a large
saucepan and cook over medium heat until onions are almost clear. Add
garlic and cook an additional 1 minute. Add chicken base, water
and
potatoes, simmer 15 minutes. Add sausage, kale and cream. Simmer 4
minutes and serve. Per one cup serving: 265 calories, 17 gm
carbohydrate, 10 gm protein, 18 gm fat, 897 mg. sodium, 51 mg
cholesterol
and 100 mg calcium. From Sonia Borges, guest relatins for Olive
Garden
Italian Restaurant. Published 3/13/96 in the Minneapolis
StarTribune
Taste Section.



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