Keto Zuppa Toscana
Classic Sausage and Kale Soup made Keto Friendly with Turnips
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 medium onion small dice
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 2 pounds Italian Sausage spicy
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 3 purple top turnips (or potatoes) peeled, large dice
- 1 bunch lacinato kale ribs removed, chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup pecorino romano grated
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Slice bacon crosswise into small lardons (1/2 inch). Fry until crispy. Drain bacon. Set aside
- In separate pot that you will be making soup in, add olive oil.
- Add in chopped onions: sauté for two minutes stirring so onions don't brown, just soften.
- Add garlic. Saute, until almost golden, about one minute.
- If sausage is in links, remove and crumble into hot pan. Cook, stirring with wooden spoon until sausage is cooked through.
- Add broth to sausage. Add bacon back in.
- Add red pepper flakes.
- Add turnips and cook for about 30 minutes until turnips feel soft.
- In meantime, remove ribs from kale and chop. Add to soup for about twenty minutes. You don't want the kale to get mushy. It should still hold some body.
- Add in heavy cream, season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with Pecorino Romano.
Notes
You can use potatoes instead of turnips if you are not concerned with carbs.
You can add in a cup of white beans, rinsed to add more heft.
You can substitute heavy cream with pureed beans for a dairy free version.
You can substitute spinach or another green for kale. In that case, I would add baby spinach as you are serving it.
Lacinato Kale is also known as Tuscan Kale. It's has long leaves with thick ribs. You can also use curly kale.