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Italian Tortellini Soup with Sausage & Spinach

An easy tomato-based soup made with refrigerated 3 cheese tortellini, ground sausage and baby spinach is simple comfort food that everyone will love!
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: comfort food, Easy Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Stacey | SouthernDiscourse.com

Ingredients

  • (1) 28 oz. can tomato puree
  • (2) 15 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 32 oz. chicken broth
  • 20 oz. refrigerated cheese tortellini
  • 10 oz. ground sausage browned
  • 4 C baby spinach rough chopped
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 medium onion diced
  • 1/4 C carrots diced
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Garnish

  • grated Parmesan cheese
  • red pepper flakes

Instructions

  • In a large stock pot, melt butter.  Add diced onion, carrots and minced garlic.  Sautee until onions are translucent.  Add broth.  Simmer 3-5 minutes.
  • Add tomato puree and sauce. Simmer 3-5 minutes.
  • Add tortellini, ground sausage and spices.  Simmer 7 minutes or until tortellini is tender.
  • Stir in chopped baby spinach.  Remove from heat.  Let spinach wilt.   
  • Serve hot with grated Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes, if desired.

Notes

Shortcuts: 
  • Chop matchstick carrots for finely diced carrots.
  • Use pre-cooked sausage crumbles.