Heat a large Dutch Oven over medium-high heat. Add ground sausage and break it up and cook until browned. Approx 5 minutes.
1 lb ground sausage
Use a slotted spoon to remove the cooked meat from the Dutch oven and place it on a paper towel-lined plate. Discard any remaining standing fat in the Dutch oven but do not wipe the Dutch oven completely clean.
Add butter to the same Dutch Oven and melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and carrots and a pinch salt and a few spins of teh grinder of pepper to taste Cook until the onions are translucent and the edges are brown.
1 tbsp butter, 1 yellow onion, 1 carrot
Stir garlic into onion and carrot mixture and continuously stir for 1 minute until garlic is fragrant.
3 cloves garlic
Add red wine vinegar and cook until semi-syrupy (technical term, lol) about 2 minutes.
2 tbsps red wine vinegar
Stir in oregano, basil, sage and red pepper flakes.
Deglaze the pan: add in about 1/4 cup of the chicken broth and use a flat wooden spoon to scrape up all the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. This step is important, do not skip this step!
Pour in the remaining chicken stock heavy cream, and add another pinch of salt and a few more grinds of black pepper. Increase heat to medium-high and cook until simmering.
6 cups low sodium chicken broth, 12 ounces heavy cream
Once the soup is simmering, add cauliflower and reduce temperature to medium-low and cook uncovered for about 10 minutes or until cauliflower florets are fork-tender.
1/2 head of cauliflower
Stir in the cooked sausage and the kale. Cook 1-2 minutes longer just until the kale starts to wilt in the soup and the sausage is reheated.
3 cups kale, 1 lb ground sausage
Give the soup a taste and ddd any additional salt and pepper if needed.
1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper
Ladle into your favorite soup bowls and enjoy with some crusty bread or crackers.
Notes
Storage: Soup may be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Reheat: To reheat, simply place in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in minute increments or return to pan and heat stovetop.