Keto Zuppa Toscana Food

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add sausage and red pepper flakes; cook until crumbly, browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease and transfer sausage to a bowl.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook bacon in the same pot until crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain, leaving a few tablespoons of drippings in the pot. Stir in onions and garlic; cook until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Add cauliflower and boil until fork-tender, about 20 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium. Stir in heavy cream and the cooked sausage; heat through. Mix spinach into the soup just before serving.

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage and onion until no pink remains. Drain and set aside.
• Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Drain on a paper towel and drain fat from the pan.
• Add in cauliflower, kale, garlic, chicken broth, crushed peppers (if using), and sausage. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 6-7 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
• Stir in heavy cream and pepper and let simmer 2 minutes.
• Garnish with bacon and parsley.

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP

Steps:

• Using a large soup pot (like this dutch oven), brown your sausage and bacon together. Cut your bacon into bite sized pieces to make it easier to cook.
• Once your meat is cooked, add in beef bone broth, onions, garlic, and cauliflower. Cover and cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes, until the cauliflower is tender.
• Once the cauliflower is softened, add in heavy cream and spinach (or kale). Cook for about 5 minutes, until spinach (or kale) is soft.
• Serve with a spinkle of parmesan cheese and a pinch of salt, pepper, and/or crushed red pepper flakes. ENJOY!

COPYCAT ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon; set aside to drain. Add the Italian sausage to the drippings and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Transfer to the paper towel-lined plate to drain.
• Add the potatoes, garlic and onion to the drippings and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Season with the crushed red pepper flakes and salt and pepper. Add the chicken broth, increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender and cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add the kale, heavy cream, bacon and sausage and cook over medium heat until the kale is tender, another 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar just before serving.

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook the Italian sausage and red pepper flakes in a Dutch oven (or large pot with a lid) over medium-high heat until crumbly, browned, and no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain, remove from pan, and set aside. The purpose of removing the sausage is so that you aren't boiling it in broth.
• Add the bacon and cook until crispy. Remove from pan.
• Add the onions and garlic the the same Dutch oven; cook until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the chicken broth into the Dutch oven with the onion mixture; bring to a boil over high heat. Add the cauliflower, and boil until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the heavy cream and the cooked sausage; heat through. Mix the spinach and bacon into the soup a couple of minutes before serving. If you want a thicker soup, sprinkle the xanthan gum over the soup and quickly whisk in to combine and simmer until thickened. You can top with grated Parmesan if desired.

EASY, KETO LOW-CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP

Steps:

• Add the pieces of bacon and sausage to a large pot (Dutch oven works best) on medium-high heat.
• Cook until the sausage and bacon have browned. Drain any excess fat, but reserve about a couple of tablespoons of fat in the pot for flavor. (I didn't have to drain any fat.)
• Add in the chopped onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until the onions are translucent.
• Add the garlic, chicken broth, fresh cauliflower, oregano. Stir to combine.
• Cover the pot and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 15 minutes or until the cauliflower is soft and can be pierced with a fork.
• Uncover the pot and add the heavy cream, chopped kale, salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook for a couple of minutes until the kale wilts.
• Cool before serving.

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown sausage for about 7-9 minutes, until cooked through. Drain any fat from the pan and set sausage aside.
• In a large dutch oven over medium heat, add the sliced bacon and cook for 5-7 minutes, until cooked through. Drain any fat from dutch oven.
• Add the onions and garlic and saute for 3-5 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, rutabagas, salt and pepper and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 12-15 minutes, until rutabagas are tender.
• Add the chopped kale and return the sausage to the pan. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, until kale is tender.
• Add the heavy cream and heat through.

LOW CARB, KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA WITH CAULIFLOWER (PALEO AND WHOLE30)

Steps:

• In a large stockpot or Dutch oven, melt the ghee over medium-high heat.
• Add the Italian sausage and cook for 5-7 minutes until browned. Use a wooden spoon or Mix 'n' Chop to keep it nicely ground.
• Add the chicken broth, cauliflower,Italian seasoning, garlic powder and red pepper flakes, and mix well.
• Bring your soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add the kale and coconut milk, and simmer an additional 5 minutes until the cauliflower can be easily pierced with a fork and the kale is tender.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

OLIVE GARDEN LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a medium/large size skillet; drain fat, put on plate and let cool.
• In the same skillet cook the sausage and set aside ( I put it on the back burner).
• In a large soup/stew pan put cook onions until tender and clear.
• Add in garlic and cook for a minute.
• Add water and chicken boullion cubes.
• Start to tear the bacon into bite size pieces and add to the pot.
• Add sausage.
• Add cauliflower.
• Cook for 15 minutes (until cauliflower is soft).
• Add heavy cream.
• Add kale (I tear mine into bite size pieces).
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Heat a large sauce pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add the Italian sausage to the pot and begin to brown the meat, breaking it up as it cooks.
• When the meat is about halfway browned, add the bacon, onion, and garlic and continue cooking and stirring until the sausage is fully cooked through.
• Add the chicken broth and turnips and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the kale and continue cooking for 5 minutes or until kale and turnips are both tender.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the cream. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
• Serve immediately.

KETO ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook the bacon until crispy, remove it to a paper towel-lined plate to cool, then chop the bacon into small pieces and set aside.
• Drain the bacon fat out of the pot, then add the Italian sausage (casings removed) and cook until browned, breaking it up into small pieces as it cooks. Remove the sausage to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside.
• Drain the fat from the pot again and add the diced onion, diced red pepper, and garlic, along with the salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.
• Saute over medium heat until the onion and pepper are soft.
• Add the white wine and deglaze the pan, scraping up all the brown bits in the bottom of the pan.
• Once the wine evaporates, add the chicken broth and the cauliflower.
• Cover the pot and let the cauliflower cook in the broth until fork tender (this should take less than 10 minutes).
• Once the cauliflower is cooked through, turn off the heat under the pot.
• Add the sausage back into the pot, along with the heavy cream, parmesan and kale, and stir well. The kale will wilt in a minute or two, and the parmesan will melt into the creamy soup.
• Top the soup with the crispy bacon, and some additional grated parmesan when serving.