Letters from Tuscany

Letters from Tuscany

A creamy Tuscan kale, leek and potato soup

When kitchen scraps turn into a velvety soup

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Giulia Scarpaleggia
Jan 24, 2024
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Whenever I make ribollita with cavolo nero, Tuscan kale salad, or Tuscan kale pesto, I make this soup. I just cannot imagine to throw the stalks away, even though they are too hard and woody to use them in a salad or a soup that is not blended. So a couple of years ago I came with the idea of this soup during a cooking class, using a spare potato and th…

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