Zuppa Toscana Soup - Grit

Ingredients

• 1 pound Italian mild sausage – use bulk loose sausage, not in tubes
• 5 medium garden potatoes – skin on diced into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 large red onion, diced
• 3 slices of bacon, cut into bite size pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 5 large leaves of kale, middle rib taken out and sliced into strips
• 1 1/2 quarts best quality chicken broth
• 1/2 quart water
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper to taste
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• Fresh grated Romano cheese