Zuppa Toscana With Roasted Cauliflower Low Carb Food

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.

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 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.

ZUPPA TOSCANA WITH ROASTED CAULIFLOWER {LOW CARB!}

Steps:

• Chop cauliflower into bite-sized pieces then toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Roast cauliflower on a very large baking sheet (or two 13x9 pans) at 375 degrees for 25-35 minutes or until toasty brown on the bottom. Keep an eye on it because the bottom will brown waaaaay before the top has any color at all. Remove from oven; set aside. Meanwhile, remove casings from Italian sausage (if applicable) then cook and crumble sausage in a large skillet until browned and cooked through. Drain fat; set aside. In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, cook bacon until crispy. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving the bacon drippings in the pot. Set bacon aside. Add onion to bacon drippings in the pot then sauté for 5 minutes (add a little olive oil if necessary). Season with salt and pepper then add garlic and continue cooking for 3-4 minutes. Add chicken broth and cooked sausage, cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Add cauliflower, cooked bacon and cream then continue cooking for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning then add salt, pepper and/or garlic powder if desired. Stir in kale, cover, turn off heat and allow soup to rest for 20 minutes. Note: This is just like traditional Zuppa Toscana minus the potatoes. If you'd like to make it the traditional way, omit the cauliflower and add 5-6 small potatoes (unpeeled, sliced ¼-inch thick) when adding the chicken broth then cook until tender (if not tender after 20 minutes).

LOW-CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook the Italian sausage in a large pot over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off grease and transfer sausage to a plate.
• Cook bacon to the same pot until crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove and drain, leaving about 2 teaspoons of bacon grease in the pot. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Return sausage and bacon back into the pot; stir in chicken broth, water, and bouillon cube. Season with pepper and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Stir in cauliflower and simmer until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add kale and half-and-half; simmer until kale is wilted, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.