Bring chicken broth to a boil (Rachael Ray used beef broth).
Add frozen cauliflower.
Boil for about 8-10 minutes.
Drain -- in case there is too much liquid -- Add cheeses, butter and more broth if it is too thin for your taste.
Smash with a masher. Should be the consistency of mashed potatoes.-- yum!
Fry sausage; drain fat and set aside 2 tablespoons of fat. Cook beans as usual.
Add sausage.
Place remaining ingredients into a large kettle.
Add the sausage drippings and 10 cups of water.
Cover and simmer about 2 hours, until the kale is tender. Add potatoes and cook until tender; add water as needed.
If you like thick soup, mash either the potatoes or beans.
Add the bean and sausage mixture to the kale soup.
Refrigerate overnight. Serve with thick slices of bread.
I use the stems of the cauliflower and broccoli that was leftover from the broccoli and cauliflower salad to make the soup. Boil until tender; mash and remove any stems that are stringy. Proceed with your favorite cream soup recipe.
arge airtight plastic container).
Soup Directions:
Sort and wash
Heat the olive in a pot over medium high heat.
Add potatoes and onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add garlic, bay leaves, and kale to the pot.
Cover pot and wilt greens for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add beans, tomatoes, sausage, and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil.
Reduce heat back to medium and cook 5 to 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
ablespoons water, then add the kale in batches, allowing each batch
Cook the kale in a deep pot of
inutes, then add kale.
Wilt the kale into the pan and
Heat soup pot over medium-high heat.
o soften.
Add chopped kale in batches as it wilts
Heat a soup pot over med-high heat;
This soup uses kale, but you can use any
n potatoes and clams. Bring soup back to a boil, reduce
ands.
Heat a medium soup pot over medium to medium
Wash and dry kale.
Microwave bacon until crisp,
hicken is cooking, in a soup pot or Dutch oven, heat
or 5 minutes. Add the kale, chorizo, bay leaves, parsley and
e floating -- for a sweeter soup, leave them in, but take
Blanch the kale in boiling water for 4-
Note:
I use a 5-gallon soup pot because you can freeze this soup.
It's okay to cut this recipe in half.