Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage, Spinach and Tomatoes at home
- Yield 6
- Prep 5 minutes
- Cook 20 minutes
- Total 25 minutes
Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage, Spinach and Tomatoes at home is a soup recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 6. Plan on 25 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 6 servings
- 1 pound ground hot Italian sausage
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup diced white onion (about 1 small white onion)
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28-ounce) can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
- 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup roughly-chopped fresh basil leaves, loosely-packed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 package (about 1 pound) tortellini, refrigerated or frozen (*or 1 package of dried tortellini cooked according to package instructions)
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach, packed
- freshly-grated Parmesan cheese, for serving
Method
Leave the Italian sausage in a large stockpot over medium-a hot burner until browned, breaking the sausage up and stirring it with a long spoon while cooking. Tip off off any excess grease, then move the sausage to a separate plate and keep nearby.
Put back the stockpot to the heat and add the olive oil. Tip in the white onion and saute for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft and translucent, stirring occasionally. Tip in the garlic and cook for an additional 1 minute, or until fragrant, stirring occasionally. Tip in the crushed tomatoes, stock, basil, salt, pepper, and the cooked Italian sausage to the pot, and stir to combine. Continue cooking until the mixture reaches a let it bubble gently. Tip in in the tortellini and baby spinach, and let the soup continue to
Plate warm, garnished with Parmesan cheese if desired.
