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Olive Garden Recipe.

Maybe it will help if I apologize as I start, but I like this soup a lot.

There are a thousand recipes for this Olive Garden treat on the internet. Here is ours and how it looks:

Need:



Italian sausage (about 1/2 pound), 1 onion, garlic 2 cloves (plus Lawrey's) 2 medium russet potatoes with skin scrubbed clean, 2 Tablespoons flour, 1 cup heavy cream, butter, oil, white wine, Kale (4 cups chopped, chicken broth and Chicken broth cube.

Remove sausage from casing and cook off until browned.





Add onions



with 1 Tablespoon butter, black pepper and saute until slightly browned



Add 2 Tablespoons flour. Cook for 4-5 minutes (blond roux).



Deglaze with white wine.



Add cooked sausage and 1 Tablespoon Lawry's garlic salt.



Add chicken broth and chicken broth cube.



Quarter and cut potatoes into 1/4 inch thick wedges. I hold them in water until needed then drain before adding.



Add 4 cups chopped Kale and a dash or two of red pepper.



In pot



and cook maybe 10 minutes. I added another cup of water too.



While this is going, cut french bread and butter toast



Add heavy cream to soup



And stir in - The soup is ready to bowl.



Looks like this.



and this



and this



Had this last night while watching Superbowl.

Will have it again tonight.