Creamy Tortellini & Sausage Soup
A delicious comforting "one pot" soup full of flavor, perfect for these winter days. A warm flavored creamy broth and sauted vegetables for an aromatic aroma.
Equipment
- large soup pot or Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 2 TBS olive or avocado oil
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 ribs celery, diced small
- 3 small carrots chopped small
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1/8 tsp (each) salt & pepper, to season vegetables
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 TBS butter
- 6-8 cups chicken broth
- 1 (16oz) pkg dry uncooked cheese tortellini
- 6 oz chopped fresh spinach
- 2 cups half and half, heavy whipping cream, or milk
Instructions
- In a large soup pot or Dutch oven heat olive or avocado oil over medium to medium high heat. Break up sausage into pot and start to brown.
- Add in onions, celery and carrots and allow to soften partially while sausage is browning about 4 minutes.
- Add in garlic and stir for 30 seconds. Add in flour and butter and stir for 1 minute to coat all the vegetables and cook out the rawness of the flour.
- Pour in the chicken broth and bring soup to a boil over high heat. Once soup is boiling add in tortellini, stir and season with salt & pepper to taste. Allow to simmer on medium high with a lid on the pot until tortellini is cooked through and tender. (Package generally says 15 minutes, test for doneness and allow to finish cooking with more time if needed.)
- Turn off burner once tortellini is cooked through and tender. Add in half and half and stir to combine. Stir in spinach, taste for seasonings, if needed add additional salt and/or pepper. Serve once spinach has wilted in soup. Enjoy.
Fantastic!
Absolutely delicious WOW! Thank you Catherine ??