Red & Green Winter Stoup with Asiago Cheese Bread

from Rachel Ray

Ingredients:
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
2 large baking potatoes, peeled and sliced
1/4 inch thick
2 onions, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise
2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves finely chopped
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper
One chicken or vegetable broth ( 32-ounce, 4 cups)
1 bunch kale, stemmed and coarsely chopped
One can crushed tomatoes or fire-roasted tomatoes (28 ounces)
3 large roasted red peppers
4 thick slices crusty whole grain bread
large cloves garlic, peeled and halved
1 cup shredded asiago cheese

Directions:
1. In a medium soup pot, heat the EVOO, 4 turns of the pan, over medium to medium-high heat. Add the potatoes, onions, rosemary and bay leaf; season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, 7-8 minutes.
2. Add the broth and bring to a boil, 6-8 minutes.
3. Add the kale in batches and cook until wilted, 1-2 minutes.
4. Stir in the tomatoes.
5. Using a food processor or a mini chopper, puree the roasted peppers. Stir the pureed peppers into the soup pot, lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Discard the bay leaf.
6. Meanwhile, pre-heat the broiler; toast the bread, rub with the garlic halves and top with the cheese. Melt the cheese under the broiler for 1 minute. Serve the stoup with the toasts.