CREAMY SAUSAGE AND TORTELLINI SOUP
Creamy sausage and tortellini soup is a containerful loaded of palliate! It's full with veggies, sausage and mallow tortellini- quality it comes together in upright 45 minutes!
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It's creamy without beingness onerous, stuffed of veggies, and ladened with pillowy cheese tortellini. Who wouldn't like it?!
This direction is caretaker plain and it comes unitedly in 45 proceedings. You belike screw half of the ingredients on assemblage, and the others are rattling leisurely to judge. It tastes amazing the day it's made, and tasteful the day after. Did I cite it requires exclusive 1 pot?! Oh yeah!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 lb. Italian sausage
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 small shallot, diced
- 2 large carrots, peeled and diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ c. all-purpose flour
- 5 c. chicken broth
- 14 oz. refrigerated cheese tortellini*
- 1 tsp. kosher sea salt
- ½ tsp. ground black pepper
- ½ tsp. Italian seasoning
- 6 ounces chopped fresh spinach
- 2 c. half & half (or heavy cream)
DIRECTIONS:
- In a large stockpot set over medium-high, cook the sausage until browned. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked sausage to a paper towel lined plate; set aside.
- Add onion, shallot and carrot, sauté for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are soft. Add the garlic and sauté for an additional 2 minutes, or until fragrant, stirring occasionally to prevent it from burning.
- Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Gradually add in the chicken broth, whisk to combine. Continue cooking until the mixture reaches a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 6 minutes.
- Pat as much grease as possible off of the sausage, then add it along with the tortellini, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, spinach, and half & half. Simmer for 5 minutes, or until the tortellini is fully cooked.
- Serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan, if desired.