How To Make Tomato Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage
Enjoy a hearty bowl of this deliciously creamy tomato tortellini soup made flavorful with Italian sausages, cheese-filled tortellini, and lots of tomatoes!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 16ozmild Italian sausage,ground
- ½large yellow onion,diced small
- 3clovesgarlic,minced
- 1tspdried oregano
- ¼cupwhite wine,or substitute chicken stock
- 1tbsptomato paste
- 28ozcrushed tomatoes,(1 can)
- 15oztomato sauce,(1 can)
- 4cupschicken stock,store-bought or homemade
- 1tspsugar
- 8ozcheese tortellini,frozen
- 1cupbaby spinach leaves,packed
- 8large fresh basil leaves,cut into thin ribbons
- ⅓cupheavy cream
Instructions
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In a Dutch oven or large soup pot set over medium heat add the sausage, breaking it up while cooking for about 7 minutes.
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Once browned, use a slotted spoon to remove from pan to paper towel-lined plate.
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Leave the fat in the pan and add onion, garlic, and oregano to the pot.
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Sauté for about 2 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
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Add ¼ cup of white wine (or chicken stock) to the pot to deglaze it (scrape up any brown bits stuck to the bottom from the sausage).
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Let the wine reduce by half and the onion softens for about 3 to 5 minutes.
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Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. Stir continuously, letting it cook for about 2 minutes.
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Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken stock, and sugar. Stir to combine.
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Cover the pot and bring to a boil for about 10 minutes.
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Add the cheese tortellini to the soup. Stir and cook for 10 minutes if using frozen, or until the tortellini is cooked through according to the instructions on the package.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the Italian sausage back into the pot.
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Add the spinach. Stir to wilt.
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Add the basil and stir in the heavy cream just before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories: 421.02kcal
- Fat: 25.40g
- Saturated Fat: 10.15g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.55g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.00g
- Carbohydrates: 30.75g
- Fiber: 3.58g
- Sugar: 9.96g
- Protein: 17.73g
- Cholesterol: 72.18mg
- Sodium: 1159.23mg
- Calcium: 114.44mg
- Potassium: 804.81mg
- Iron: 3.37mg
- Vitamin A: 84.48µg
- Vitamin C: 16.23mg
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