Sausage Tortellini Soup
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Dutch Oven or Stockpot
Ingredients
- 2 large carrots peeled and diced
- 1 small onion diced
- ½ lb Italian Sausage I use mild, but if you want more hear you can use spicy.
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 can 14.5 oz. diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 Bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- pinch of red pepper flakes optional
- 3 cups cheese tortellini
- 1-2 handfuls of fresh spinach
- butter or olive oil for cooking vegetables
Instructions
- Add a tbsp of olive oil or butter to large pot and cook carrots and onion until soft. Add garlic and cook a couple more minutes.
- Remove carrots, onion and garlic from pot and add sausage.
- Cook sausage with tomato paste until cooked through and drain grease.
- Add vegetables back to the pot.
- Add diced tomatoes and chicken stock.
- Add seasonings and bay leaf.
- Bring to a light boil and allow to simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes.
- Add tortellini and spinach and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve in individual bowls topped with parmesan cheese