I'm not sure I understand the question, but going by the title of the thread, I'll say that broccoli is an assertive flavor. If you put a whole bunch of broccoli in the soup, it's going to have star billing on the flavor profile. If you just have a few pieces, go ahead and throw it in any flavorful soup, near the end so that it stays nice and green with a little crunch, instead of murkying up the rest of the soup with broccoli flavor. You can also pump up the rest of the flavors by putting similar seasonings into the soup as are in the sausage. Broccoli, sausage and potatoes should make a good soup together. Add some browned chopped onions, some acid and some heat.

For a good perk up to cream of broccoli soup, try adding a good dollop of pesto and the same of whipping cream.

I think that's the issue, broccoli and sausage both are assertive, so not sure about mixing them. I have seen a soup with broccoli, sausage, kale and white beans. I dunno. I wondered if anyone had ever made a soup like that and if it was any good?

Would not want broccoli and sausage and potatoes....nope no way!

The potatoes will keep for a week at least, freeze the sausage and make broccoli cheese soup of the already cooked broccoli. Then make that broccoli with bacon salad, and perhaps sup some sausage for the bacon....but that needs to be raw broccoli.

Broccoli & potato will work well, but not with sausage. I make lots of broccoli soups -- I like a creamy (chicken stock base) broccoli, onion, potato, carrot, and sweet corn. Another fav is to kick it up with cheese, jalapeno peppers, and some sour cream. :)

Do you like broccoli & pasta? (broccoli, garlic, & OO, over pasta, served with parmesan cheese and hot pepper flakes).

I guess it depends on the sausage. People make broccoli and sausage similar to broccoli and peppers and, assuming you like broccoli, it's good. Both are good in soup. Interesting that so many don't like the idea. Must be different sausage...

ETA: Oh, wait, I get it. Y'all are thinking of cream of broccoli soup or cheese broccoli soup. Agreed to that.

I was thinking of sausage, potatoes and broccoli, plus onions and perhaps some other roots, in a broth. Starch from the potatoes the only thickening. Not a dairy heavy blended soup. Though... You can put a white sauce based sausage gravy on potatoes, and it would be fine on broccoli...I think it's the blended part that's pulling the noes?

Yes, I make a kale and potato soup in a clear broth that I could see with sausage in it, although I don't generally like the kinds of sausage that go well in soup (andouille types, for instance). But I could easily see substituting broccoli for the kale.

What kind of sausage?

I've made sausage & kale soup so don't know why sausage & broccoli wouldn't work. In fact, not being a kale lover, would probably prefer it with broccoli.

I like an onion, cabbage and sausage soup with chicken broth as the liquid. I think the broccoli would work well as it is flavorful like cabbage.

I have sauteed Italian sausage and broccoli with some red pepper flakes for a pasta "sauce" and see no reason why the flavors would not work for soup, too.

Well, the sausage is in the freezer so can wait. Maybe I'll go in another direction and use chicken and broccoli for pasta and just make my usual creamy broccoli soup. I love cream of broccoli soup, but I am trying to clean out the freezer and wanted to kill a couple of birds with one stone. But I agree with plllog, in that case sausage would be too much. Ham maybe, but that's not what I have in the freezer!

I can see making a pureed potato soup and adding broccoli florets (maybe roasted) to finish it. Sliced cooked sausage (probably thin half rounda) as well sounds reasonable; if your sausage is loose, I think it will taste fine but look a bit less attractive.

I think your plan sounds good. You can make a nice hash with the sausage and potatoes, or a scalloped potato with sausage dish, or potato soup with sausage, or roasted potato slice canapes with sausage and red bell pepper on top, or stuffed potatoes with sausage, or grilled sausage and hash browns (all sausage is good with hash browns, not just breakfast sausage), or home fries and sausage gravy (ditto on not having to be breakfast sausage to be good in gravy).... Or just grilled or roasted sausages and baked potatoes!

I'd make a sort of bubble and squeak - cook some potatoes, and make potato/broccoli cakes and fry them to have with the sausages with a nice ketchup.