Tuscan Cauliflower Soup Recipes

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.

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!

KETO TUSCAN CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Brown the ground sausage in a skillet over medium heat until done. (I rolled mine into balls and baked them in the oven in advance)
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage and place it into at least a 6-quart slow cooker. Discard the grease.
• Place the oil in the same skillet and saute the onions for 3-4 minutes or until translucent.
• Add the onions, chicken or vegetable stock, cauliflower florets, kale (I used a mix of collard, mustard and turnip greens), crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker. Mix until combined.
• Cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
• Add the heavy cream and mix until combined.
• Serve hot

CAULIFLOWER SAUSAGE KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven or heavy duty soup pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sausage and bacon. Cook until sausage is browned and bacon is crisp, breaking up the meat as you go, about 8-10 minutes. Remove to a plate with a slotted spoon. Drain all but 2 tablespoons of grease.
• Add onions and cook until soft, about 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
• Add cauliflower and chicken broth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
• Puree the soup until smooth in either a high-powered blender or with an immersion blender.
• Add half and half and bring to a gentle simmer. Stir in sausage, bacon, and kale. Simmer until kale is wilted, about 5 minutes. Taste the soup for salt. Serve with a sprinkle of red pepper flakes.

CAULIFLOWER TUSCAN SOUP (ZUPPA TOSCANA)

Steps:

• Cook Italian sausage in a large Dutch oven until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain excess fat and place cooked sausage on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Heat olive oil in the Dutch oven over medium heat and cook onion and garlic until soft and translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cauliflower florets and cook until slightly toasted, about 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Cook until cauliflower is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir in cooked sausage, kale, and beans; cook until kale begins to wilt, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream and heat through, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

TUSCAN CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine cauliflower, broth, water and garlic; bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, until cauliflower is tender, 12-15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage and mushrooms over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles, 6-8 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels., Add sausage and mushrooms to cauliflower mixture; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Stir in cream and pepper; heat through. Serve with bacon.