Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Place the sausage in a large pot over medium high heat and saute for 10 minutes, or until well browned. Drain the fat except for about 1 tablespoon, add the onions and garlic and saute for 5 more minutes.
• Next add the beef stock, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, skimming any fat that may surface.
• Add the zucchini, tortellini, green bell pepper and parsley to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until tortellini is fully cooked. Pour into individual bowls and garnish with the cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Add the sausage meat to a large soup pot (if using whole sausages, take the sausage meat out of its casings and crumble it into the pot). Sauté over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 7-10 minutes, or until the sausage is browned all over.
• Take the sausage out of the pot and set it aside on a paper towel lined plate. Leave about a tablespoon of the fat in the pot (drain any excess).
• Add the onion and celery to the pot and cook for 4 minutes or so, then add the flour and garlic and cook for a minute, stirring constantly.
• Add the chicken broth slowly and stir until the flour has completely dissolved.
• Add the canned tomatoes and Italian seasoning to the pot. Also add the sausage back in. Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a gentle boil.
• Once it's boiling, add the tortellini and reduce the heat so it's gently simmering. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the cream and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach and season with salt & pepper to taste.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP WITH TORTELLINI

Steps:

• In a 5 quart Dutch oven, brown sausage. Remove sausage and drain, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings.
• Saute onions and garlic in drippings. Stir in beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Skim fat from the soup. Stir in zucchini and parsley. Simmer covered for 30 minutes. Add tortellini during the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté Italian sausage in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat until cooked through, crumbling with back of spoon, about 10 minutes. using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to large bowl. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic to Dutch oven and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Return sausage to Dutch oven. Add stock, tomatoes, tomato sauce, zucchini, carrot, bell pepper, wine, basil and oregano. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Add tortellini to soup and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large nonsticke skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage until browned. With a slotted spoon, transfer to slow cooker.
• Add onion, carrots, broth, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, tomatoes and mushrooms to slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on High 3 to 4 hours or on Low 6 to 10 hours, or until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain.
• Add zucchini, parsley and tortellini to slow cooker and cook on High 15 to 20 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Spoon into individual bowls and top with Parmesan.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, cook sausage, onion, carrots and garlic over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is thoroughly cooked; drain.
• Stir in broth; heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Add tortellini; reduce heat to low and cook 8 to 12 minutes or until tortellini are tender. Stir in spinach and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage and crumble for frying.
• In a large dutch oven, brown sausage, onion and green pepper. Drain well.
• Stir in chicken broth, carrots, tomatoes and tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, cayenne powder, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil; reduce to simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
• Add tortellini and simmer for 5 minutes or until tender.
• Ladle soup into bowls.
• Top with a few sprinkles of mozzarella cheese.
• Serve with crusty bread.