Sausage and Spinach Tortellini Soup
A creamy, comforting soup with italian sausage, cheese tortellini, and spinach.
Ingredients
- 1-2 teaspoon vegetable oil enough to lightly coat pot
- ½ lb spicy italian sausage
- 1 onion diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 2 carrots peeled and diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
- 3 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt plus more to taste
- 8 oz cheese tortellini use your favorite
- 2 cups baby spinach
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a large pot.
- Add italian sausage to the pan and break it up into small pieces with a spatula.
- Cook until fully browned, then remove from pan and set aside.
- Add onion, celery, and carrot to the pot and season with salt and red pepper flakes.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened ~5 minutes.
- Mix garlic into the pot and cook for an additional minute.
- Stir flour into the vegetables until they are well coated.
- While stirring the vegetables continuously, slowly pour chicken stock into the pot.
- Add rosemary, thyme, and bay leaf to the pot.
- Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
- Mix in cream, then continue to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Bring the soup up to a light boil, then add tortellini, italian sausage, and spinach to the pot.
- Stir well, then continue to cook the soup for the length of time recommended on the package or tortellini. For our favorite brand it is 7 minutes.
- Remove from heat and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
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