Spicy Sausage Soup With Tortellini Recipes

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.

KATE'S SPICY SAUSAGE TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• Steam sausage for 15 minutes to reduce fat content.
• Let cool, and slice into bite sized pieces, removing casing if desired.
• Spray large pot with no-stick spray.
• Place sliced sausage in large pot with oil and let brown lightly. Remove sausage and pour off excess oil.
• In same pot add onions,garlic, celery, carrots, and mushrooms until softened but not browned, then add back sausage.
• Stir in seasoning, tomatoes, stock and clamato juice.
• Bring to boil and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
• Add frozen pasta and kidney beans; simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• If too thick, dilute with water or more broth.
• Season to taste.

SPICY TORTELLINI SOUP

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil over high heat.
• Add tortellini, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer about 5 minutes. Gently stir in diced tomatoes, simmer 3 minutes until tortellini is tender, stir in sundried tomatoes, shallots.
• Stir in basil, cayenne pepper, oregano and black pepper and simmer another 2 minutes.
• Stir in spanach 1 cup at a time just until wilted.
• Ladle into shallow bowls, sprinkle with cheese and additional cayenne pepper to taste.