{"id":12,"date":"2010-01-30T04:19:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T10:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2011-09-18T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T00:07:19","slug":"pork-fat-rocks-exhibit-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Pork Fat Rocks, Exhibit A"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s winter in the Midwest, which causes me to seriously doubt some of my life choices.\u00a0 Why would one choose to live in a place where the sun doesn\u2019t shine for a week at a time?\u00a0 When there are plenty places in the world where people don\u2019t have to worry about wind chills and temperatures below zero, why do I live in Illinois, of all places?\u00a0 But, the silver lining is that I love soup.\u00a0 Not only is it filling and warming, but it freezes well and is great for taking to work.\u00a0 What more could you ask for?<\/p>\n

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\nSo I present to you tonight\u2019s dinner.\u00a0 Yes, this particular Friday night, I stayed in, made soup, and ate KALE.\u00a0 It\u2019s rough living such a glamorous life.\u00a0 This soup starts out with sausage, which definitely makes the soup.\u00a0 The kale is good \u2013 this is only the second time I\u2019ve cooked with it \u2013 but I might prefer this soup with zucchini or spinach (just barely cooked).\u00a0 Or maybe I needed to chop the kale a little more; it doesn\u2019t cook down as much as spinach.\u00a0 In any case, thought I would share because this is a really easy recipe that turned out pretty tasty!
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Sausage, Cannellini, and Kale Soup
\nmodified from Fine Cooking, <\/em>Via Serious Eats<\/a> <\/em> <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n
1-1\/2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil<\/div>\n

1 lb. sweet or hot bulk Italian sausage, broken into bite-sized pieces
\n1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (1-1\/2 cups)
\n1 medium carrot, peeled and finely chopped (3\/4 cup)
\n1 medium celery stalk, finely chopped (3\/4 cup)
\n1-1\/2 tsp. minced fresh rosemary
\n2 Tbs. tomato paste
\n2 large cloves garlic, minced (1 Tbs.)
\n1 quart homemade or lower-salt chicken broth
\nTwo 15-oz. cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
\n6 oz. Lacinato kale, center ribs removed, leaves chopped (about 4 firmly packed cups)
\n1 Parmigiano-Reggiano rind (1\u00d73 inches; optional)
\n1-1\/2 tsp. cider vinegar
\nKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
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\nDirections<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Heat 1 Tbs. of the oil in a 4- to 5-quart pot over medium heat. Add the sausage, crumbling. Cook until browned about 8 minutes.<\/li>\n
  2. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and rosemary and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Add the tomato paste and garlic and cook until fragrant, 45 seconds. Add the broth, beans, kale, and Parmigiano rind (if using). Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low, and simmer gently until the vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.<\/li>\n
  4. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cook 5 minutes more to meld the flavors. Stir the cider vinegar into the soup and season to taste with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Serves 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s winter in the Midwest, which causes me to seriously doubt some of my life choices.\u00a0 Why would one choose to live in a place where the sun doesn\u2019t shine for a week at a time?\u00a0 When there are plenty places in the world where people don\u2019t have to worry about wind chills and temperatures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,18,14],"tags":[24,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}