Hearty Portuguese Kale Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lb chorizo sausage (fresh not dried)
1 quart chicken broth
1 large onion, roughly diced
4 large potatoes, cubed
1 bunch kale, stemmed washed & chopped (abt. 1 lb.)
1 1/2 cups ditalini
1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
fresh ground black pepper
salt (optional)

Preparation

Remove casing from sausage and cut into smaller than bit sized pieces.
Heat oil in a heavy soup pot; saute the sausage& onion just until the fat is rendered, about 3 to 5 minutes.
Drain on paper towels.
Add other ingredients except kale,& pasta.
Bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
Add kale, and pasta and simmer about 8 minutes until both are tender.
Taste for seasoning- depending on how spicy your sausage is, add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve piping hot.