Description
A comforting creamy soup with Italian sausage and cheese tortellini.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion (diced)
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 4–5 garlic cloves (minced)
- 4 carrots (chopped)
- 3 celery stalks (chopped)
- 15 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
- 1½ cup marinara sauce
- 4–5 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 2–3 tsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp each salt and pepper (more to taste)
- ¼–½ tsp crushed pepper
- 20 oz refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 2 large handfuls spinach
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅓–½ cup parmesan cheese (grated)
- ¼ cup fresh basil (chopped, optional)
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil over medium high heat and add the onion and garlic. Sauté until the onions start to become translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the Italian sausage and break into chunks. Cook to brown the Italian sausage. Drain any excess grease.
- Add the chopped carrots and celery to the bottom of the crock pot. Cover with the sausage and onions.
- Add the tomatoes, marinara, broth (recommend starting with 4 cups and use the extra to thin out a bit if desired after cooking a bit more) and seasonings and stir to combine.
- Slow cook low about 6-7 hours or high for 3-4 hours.
- About 20-30 minutes before serving, set the crockpot to high if it’s on low and add in the spinach, cream, parmesan and tortellini.
- Heat until the tortellini is al dente, stirring occasionally (about 15-20 minutes).
- Shift heat to warm or remove from heat when tortellini is ready to avoid over cooking the pasta and it becoming mushy.
- Top with fresh basil and serve with extra parmesan.
Notes
- For a lighter version, you can substitute turkey sausage.
- Additional vegetables such as zucchini or bell peppers can be added for extra nutrition.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6-7 hours
- Category: Soup
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 80mg