Tortellini Soup

Name: Tortellini Soup
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 lb lean ground beef; 2 Italian sausages, sliced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 cup chopped onion; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 5 cups beef broth; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup white wine; 2 cups fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped or 2 cups chopped canned tomatoes; 1 cup thinly sliced carrot; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini; 2 cups meat-filled tortellini or 2 cups cheese tortellini; 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried parsley; 1 (6 ounce) can small pitted olives, undrained

Submitted by sugarpea

"MIL's savory soup includes hamburger, sausage, wine, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes and olives along with the usual ingredients. Requires 2 hours cooking time. A family favorite."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 10mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₄ lb lean ground beef
2 Italian sausages, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
5 cups beef broth
1 cup water
¹⁄₂ cup red wine or 1/2 cup white wine
2 cups fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped or 2 cups chopped canned tomatoes
1 cup thinly sliced carrot
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sliced zucchini
2 cups meat-filled tortellini or 2 cups cheese tortellini
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 (6 ounce) can small pitted olives, undrained

directions

Brown hamburger and sausage in skillet; drain; in empty skillet, heat oil and saute onion and garlic until transparent.
Add back meat, broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano and tomato sauce; bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 1 hour.
Stir in zucchini, tortellini, parsley and olives with juice; simmer covered for 1 hour.

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Reviews

Superb! Delicious and easy to make -- perfect for the middle of the week and a change from the usual pasta dishes. Thanks Sugarpea for sharing your mil's soup -- this will also become one of my family's favorites.

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sugarpea

Snohomish, WA

I’m a former interior designer and landscape designer. At the moment I get to enjoy being at home and working only when I want to. I like rollerblading, hiking, backpacking and trips to the ocean. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and moved to the Northwest when I was thirty, over twenty years ago. I’m afraid they’ll have to bury me here in WA. This is God’s country and I’m never leaving. I have a smallish collection of cookbooks, preferring to use the library and a copy machine. Among my favorites though, are: Recipes 1-2-3, by Rozanne Gold, a collection of recipes containing no more than 3 ingredients (excepting water, salt and pepper); A Treasury of Great Recipes, by Mary and Vincent Price, recipes collected from friends and chefs of great restaurants around the world; The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, about a collection of cuisines I’m convinced are the healthiest in the world and The Low-Calorie Gourmet, by Pierre Franey. Currently my passions are our dogs, the garden, cooking, the natural world and of course, Dh. I can now add Zaar to that list of passions (translate: addiction). We have three dogs, two rescued and one adopted. They are Sugarpea, a Golden Retriever, Chickpea, a Llasa Apso and Sweetpea, a Shih Tzu; small, medium and large. We’re quite a sight out on the trail. One of the things I am most fond of about living here is the ability to vegetable garden year ‘round.

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