Sausage Tortellini Soup
A hearty soul-warming soup full of Italian Sausage and quick cooking tortellini noodles. There is so much flavor the kids won't even notice the vegetables.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time35 minutes mins
Course: dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: comfort food, pork, sausage, soup
Servings: 6
Author: foodyschmoody
- 1 lb ground sausage
- 5 oz fresh spinach
- 14 oz tortellini dry or refrigerated (I used a four cheese blend)
- 3 carrots diced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1 medium sweet onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic diced
- 1 can 14.5 oz diced tomato (drained)
- 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 6 basil leaves fresh and torn into pieces
- ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
- 6 cups vegetable stock
- ½ C red wine
- optional: freshly shaved parmesan cheese or romano cheese
Start by browning sausage over medium heat in a large pot. Drain sausage, reserving a bit of the rendered oil in pot (about 1 T). Set sausage aside.
Over medium heat, in the same pot add the onion and garlic and sweat it out for a minute, then add carrots and celery. Cook about 5 minutes. Add red wine and cook another 2 minutes.
Return sausage to pan with the vegetables and wine.
Add tomatoes, tomato sauce & stock to pan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer over medium low heat for about 25 minutes.
Bring soup back to boil and add tortellini. Cook over medium heat, about 10 minutes or until tortellini is cooked to desired tenderness.
Add parsley, basil and spinach. Stir until spinach has wilted.
Top with shaved cheese if desired and serve.