Sausage Tortellini Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3/4 lb. sausage I used Premio's Sweet Italian Sausage with Kale & Romano, casings removed
- 1 chopped onion
- 6 finely chopped garlic cloves
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes
- 12 oz. tortellini I used Barilla Collezione cheese and spinach
- 5 oz. baby spinach
- 15 to rn basil leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat oil. Add meat and saute until meat is browned and cook thoroughly.
- Add onion and garlic. Saute until onion is translucent, 2-3 minutes.
- Add broth, water and tomatoes. Bring to a boil.
- Add tortellini and cook for 8 minutes.
- Add spinach, basil, black pepper, crushed red pepper and salt. Cook, stirring continuously just until spinach wilts, about 1 minute.
- To serve, garnish with grated cheese.
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