Sausage Tortellini Soup
A creamy, hearty soup that will warm you up from the inside out and chase away the winter blues.
Ingredients
- 1 lb spicy Italian sausage
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tbsp flour
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes, optional
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 48 oz chicken broth
- 20 oz refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 3 cups fresh spinach leaves
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat.
- Add hot Italian sausage and chopped onion.
- Sauté until onions are soft and sausage is cooked through; breaking up the sausage into crumbles as it cooks. Drain off any excess fat.
- Add minced garlic, and cook for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant, stirring to combine with the onions and sausage.
- Add Italian seasoning, paprika, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine and cook for 1-2 minutes, this allows the spices to "bloom".
- Sprinkle flour over the seasoned meat mixture in the pan. Stir to combine and coat sausage/onion mixture with the spices.
- Pour in the heavy cream and the chicken broth. Stir to combine.
- Increase heat to medium high and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once soup is simmering, add tortellini to the pan.
- Stir to combine. Reduce heat slightly but maintain a simmer for 7-8 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
- Add spinach. Continue to simmer soup until tortellini are cooked through and the spinach has wilted.
- To serve: ladle soup into large bowls and top each serving with freshly cracked black pepper and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.