With apologies to those of you in the southern hemisphere, I’m here to share a soup recipe. It is soup season, after all. When we had the Gingerbread Competition, I made this Kale and Kielbasa soup and MyDadLovesMeBestSister has asked me twice now for the recipe. I promised I’d put it here on the blog for her. And for me too — I love having recipes on the internet ’cause I can call them up on the iPad while I’m in the kitchen.
I didn’t realize that I loved kale until I made this soup. Sorry — the picture isn’t the greatest, but it’s the only one I managed to take on gingerbread night.
Kale and Sausage Soup
1/4 cup olive oil
2 yellow onions, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 large russet potatoes, about 2 1/2 lb total weight, peeled and thinly sliced
6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
3/4 lb kielbasa or other cooked sausage, cut into slices 1/2 inch thick
1 bunch kale, thick stems and ribs removed, thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
In a large soup pot medium over heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onions and saute until lightly browned, 5 – 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for one minute longer. Add the potatoes, toss to coat, and saute for 2 minutes longer. Add the stock, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
Add the sausage, cover and simmer until the sausage is heated through, about 5 minutes. Add the kale and cook, uncovered, until it is wilted but still bright green, 3 – 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into soup bowls and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. Serve and enjoy!
Oh, and did I mention that I did get my jammie day watching Season 1 of Downton Abbey? I’m officially hooked along with many of you. Raise your hands if you’re a fan! Susan at Plays with Needles, posted a link to these funny Top 10 Maggie Moments, which I’m posting again, in case you missed it. Isn’t Maggie Smith marvelous???
Only 5 more days until the next episode!
XOXO,
Anna
Mmmmm yummy…..a favourite of ours, more or less. In order to avoid salt I use salt free sausage we have a butcher make, slice the raw sausage or simply break it open, brown it, then pick up from your onion step…..I also make it with swiss chard, or any greens really…..tonight the wind is howling and the temperature dropping in our weird weather, as it rained all the day the roads are also freezing of course, the drive to work will be lovely!
This sounds like a very delicious soup, I LOVE kale! I will be trying this on the weekend, thank you :-)
That is one of my most favorite soup’s. I use the Jamie Oliver recipe, yum. I need some of that soup, it’s like -30C here today. Gawwwwd! I was outside for five minutes and thought my nose would drop off.
im afraid that soup would not be a big hit at my house, but maybe you will call me over for leftovers??
i havent seen Downtown Abbey yet…but im guessing I could catch season 1 online somewhere and pick up on season two soon enough…those were some great Maggie Smith clips!
Thanks for the yummy recipe. The soup sounds delicious! I really need to see Downtown Abbey.
I just spent the evening stitching & watching the first two episodes of season 2. . . (again) (mostly watching & not as much stitching as I usually get done when the tv is on. . .) Love Downton Abbey! . . . & I love the Top 10 Maggie Moments. . . too funny! Thanks for the link!
The soup sounds yummy. . . will definitely give it a try (I love soup!) xo Bren
Yum! That sounds sooo good right now. We’re having a cold snap here in California and a storm is moving in over the next couple of days, so soup sounds awesome, especially homemade.
This sounds so good, and like Lisa said it’s pretty cold here in Cali, so I think this soup will be on our menu very soon!!! Haven’t seen Dowtown Abbey.
I have been rocking the soup thing here too the lat few weeks. I blushed a little but one of the mothers at school asked me for the recipe as her son came home raving about it. Sadly I am a soup winger and so didn’t have a recipe as such. She didn’t look so impressed with a list of what ingredients I could remember.
soups the thing around here too! thanks for another heart warming recipe!
i have not watched DA but am eager to…i would have to do a marathon “watch”….& i adore dame maggie!
The top 10 video is priceless…just wait for season two! There are even more wonderful Maggie Smith Moments!
This soup looks hearty and so good. We are in for a round of storms the rest os this week and this might just fit the bill for supper around here.
I LOVE Downton Abbey. What would be do without Masterpiece classics?
I don’t know. I’m on the fence with the soup recipe. Looks delish but then again… Never heard of Downtown Abbey. What am I missing?
Recently, when I was making one of my ‘using up what’s in the fridge’ soups, I threw in a bit of leftover salami. As always I blitzed the soup (I don’t like ‘bits’ in my soup!) and it was delicious with tiny tastes of salami through it.
I LOVED 1st season of Downton Abby. I’ve watched the first 2 episodes of season 2 and I am disappointed. The writing and story lines aren’t nearly as good. This drama between Anna and Mr. Bates is utterly soap opera-ish. :(
Dowager Grantham is still herself and outstanding. Mary and Matthew are still compelling.
I’m hoping they pull it together soon.
Kmmm just the right soup for winter.
I love your laundry basket also.
Have a great da
janine
Thanks for the soup recipe–we eat soup a lot around here. Love Downton Abbey! I’ll have to check out those links. Btw, cute as a thimble, your header is!
First off I went and added sausages and kale to my shopping list. Then I clicked on the Downton Abbey link…..That was two hours ago! I’ve been watching all those clips! My sister, my sister-in-law, my office mate and I are all addicts. What a great show….I’ve been a Maggie Smith fan since I first saw her in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie about a century ago!
Love my Ipad in the kitchen too! That’s where I use it the most. I made a similar soup last week – but wasn’t impressed. This one sounds better tho!
Wow, this soup looks wonderful. I’ll have to try it. Thank you!!
We are in for at least a week of rain, so soup sounds just perfect.
Thank you SO much for that link. I’ve just had a good laugh with Maggie Smith. She is a treasure. I’d forgotten most of those moments from the show, so it was lovely to see them again. Must get myself the DVD. Looking forward to series 2 (whenever the station here who has the rights finally decides to air them!).
Okay, I guess I’m going to have to start watching Downtown Abbey. I adore Maggie Smith, so it will be a small sacrifice. How funny that you posted about kale soup! I made some when Nathan was home with chorizo sausage and it was so good, I made it again the other day. Great minds, great minds……
Have a lovely weekend, Anna!
loved the maggies top ten – just sent it to friends.
Love, love the series.
The soup looks yummy! thanks for the recipe.
go giants.
Mmmmmmm….
I may try making this soup! My favorite grocery store has homemade hot soups available at lunchtime, and one of my favorites is called “Portuguese Kale Soup”. It has chorizo (sp?) sausage and is delicious. I keep saying I am going to try making it. And now my Mum says that there is a type of Portuguese bread/rolls that goes great with it. I found a recipe on King Arthur Flour (maybe it was the book?) website. Anyway, I guess there will be plenty of soup weather ahead for me to give it a try.
Oh yum! I’ve never had kale, but I would like to try this. I love me some sausage in anything.
this sounds like a good recipe. will be trying. never tasted kale before, so it will be an adventure! :)
That sounds yummy. I could go for that.
We’ve been making something similar to this, only with crumbled sausage and some cream added. Yum. I love kale in soup. I might have to try this version, though, with the kielbasa for something different.
Yumm, I will have to try it. Thanks xox Clarice
YUM!! I’m so going to make this soup. probably this weekend. i LOVE kale it soup. i think i learned that last year. i’m going to try to grow some in my garden this year, hopefully!