How To Make Tuscan Soup | Zuppa Toscana Recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Turkey sausage offers lower fat content while still providing flavor.

kale

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: cabbage

Spinach is more tender and widely available.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor without dairy.

Set your Instant Pot on SAUTE mode.

Once hot, add bacon and cook until crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with a paper towel and set aside. Keep the fat in the pot.

Add onion and sauté, stirring constantly, until slightly softened, for about 3-4 minutes.

Stir in the ground meat, garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon until browned and the fat is rendered, for about 3-4 minutes.

In a small mixing bowl, whisk well the flour and milk, and set aside.

Once the meat is browned, add sun-dried tomatoes, potatoes, broth, water, and the flour-milk mixture.

Stir well then secure the lid, setting the valve to the sealing position. Cook on manual mode for 10 minutes.

Once the pot beeps, allow it to release the pressure by turning on the valve.

Carefully, unlock the lid.

Add in spinach, stir until it’s wilted.

Taste and adjust the salt and pepper according to your taste.

Ladle the soup into serving bowls.

Top with crispy bacon and serve immediately.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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