Olive Garden Tuscan Tea Copycat Recipes

OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Chop or slice uncooked sausage into small pieces and cook until browned and meat is ground in bottom of your soup pan over med-high heat.
• Add onions, garlic, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to Sausage and cook until onions are clear and aromatics of the seasonings blend together.
• Reduce heat back to medium and place, potatoes, in the pot. and slowly add the Chicken Stock and water and stir. (use Chicken Bouillon envelope for extra flavor is Chicken Stock is weak).
• Cook on medium heat until potatoes are done and stir occasionally. Once Potatoes are done, Add flour or cornstarch and simmer for another 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to lowest setting and sprinkle in your kale and cooked bacon and slowly pour cream while stirring.
• Check for taste and then serve.

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.

OLIVE GARDEN TUSCAN TEA(COPYCAT)

Steps:

• To make the lemon syrup:.
• Heat the water and sugar in a saucepan until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and add lemon juice to taste.
• Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator.
• To make the Tuscan tea:.
• Mix 1/2 cup lemon syrup with the cold tea.
• Serve in 2 tall glasses, over ice.
• Garnish with lemon wedges.
• Enjoy!

BELLINI PEACH RASPBERRY ICED TEA {OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT}

Steps:

• Make iced tea either by cold brewing it by putting the tea bags in 4 cups of cold water for 12-15 hours or by hot brewing it (my preferred method) by bring 4 cups of water to a boil and then brewing the tea for about 10 minutes before removing the tea bags and refrigerating it until it is cold.
• Once tea is cold, add in raspberry syrup and peach syrup. Stir well.
• Divide ice between cups and pour iced tea into the cups.
• Serve with a slice of a peach and a few raspberries in the glass (optional).