Mediterranean Kale & White Bean Soup with Sausage

by Ruth Lively

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From Fine Cooking 91, pp. 25

January 16, 2008

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by atriola702, 10/5/2009A family that eats soup together, stays together. I kicked it up a notch, with extra red pepper flakes and substituted spicy sausage for the sweet. Reminded me a bit of Tuscan peasant soup on this site. Both are crowd pleasers.

by Mandogirl, 3/23/2009I LOVE this soup! It is by far my favorite hearty soup recipe. I have fixed it for friends and they give it two thumbs up as well. Just follow the recipe as it is written. The seasonings are perfect and the combination of sausage,kale, and beans is wonderful.

by WendyLP, 2/24/2009I use ham when I don't have sausage. I also used black eyed peas once when I didn't have enough white beans. It works. I love this soup and so do my preschool-age kids and my husband.

by jaxon1, 1/18/2009We loved this soup. I, like the other raters, added additional onion, celery and carrots; otherwise, we made no changes. This is the first time we have had kale (did not need 1 lb. - buy with 8 cups in mind and you will get the right amount) and were skeptical but would definitely have it again - will try braising the extra I bought. Made the cheese toasts that are with the creamy tomato soup recipe (I think this is the name) - they have dijon, gruyere and parmesan - also great.

by ak9doc, 11/15/2008Easy and relatively quick to make with outstanding flavor. Substitution of various sausage (andouille, ex) and adding pimenton or other spices is easy. Various types of beans also work well. Great for learning new technique to work with kale - it's challenging to find recipes that make good use of this good-for-you winter green while not being over the top with delicious but decadent ingredients (with cream in a yummy gratin, for example)! Thank you Ruth - this one's a keeper!

by lee, 3/26/2008We love this soup! I use lacinato (a/k/a cavolo nero, dinosaur kale, black kale) and chicken Italian sausage. I add about half again as many carrots, celery and onions as the recipe calls for and about 2 extra cups of chicken broth. I omit the lemon juice and zest and serve it with grated Parmesan cheese. It's also great with spicy sausage.

by fcar, 3/4/2008This is delicious. I use the Kale and it was so good. If anyone is skeptical about using Kale please try this recipe. I did one thing different added more celery and carrots and the whole onion. Yummmmmmm