Ultimate Tortellini Soup

Name: Ultimate Tortellini Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 1 1/2 Bowls, 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb Italian sausage; 1 cup coarsely chopped onion; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 5 cups beef broth; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup dry red wine (use a wine you would drink, do not use cooking wine. Something like a good merlot or cabernet would); 2 cups chopped tomatoes (2 cans); 1 cup thinly sliced carrot; 1/2 teaspoon basil; 1/2 teaspoon oregano; 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini; 8 ounces cheese tortellini (2 cups); 3 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1 medium green pepper; 2 cups fresh spinach leaves; grated parmesan cheese

Submitted by wildeyeris

"I have made this as a main course for many dinner parties, and I always get great reviews, even from kids! Don't let the amount of ingredients scare you away! It is really a dump in and let sit style soup. If you are a vegetarian, simply omit sausage, up the fresh spinach, and use vegetable broth instead of beef broth. My vegetarian friends love it! This recipe came from my dear Great Aunt Frankie, with a few additions of my own. This soup is wonderful served with crunchy bread."

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Ready In:: 1hr 45mins
Ingredients:: 17
Yields:: 1 1/2 Bowls
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 lb Italian sausage
1 cup coarsely chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, sliced
5 cups beef broth
¹⁄₂ cup water
¹⁄₂ cup dry red wine (use a wine you would drink, do not use cooking wine. Something like a good merlot or cabernet would)
2 cups chopped tomatoes (2 cans)
1 cup thinly sliced carrot
¹⁄₂ teaspoon basil
¹⁄₂ teaspoon oregano
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sliced zucchini
8 ounces cheese tortellini (2 cups)
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 medium green pepper
2 cups fresh spinach leaves
grated parmesan cheese

directions

Brown sausage.
Drain and set aside.
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until fragrant and translucent.
Careful not to burn the garlic.
Add broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and sausage.
Boil 30 minutes.
Stir in zucchini, tortellini, parley, peppers.
Simmer 35-40 minutes.
Right before serving, stir in the spinach leaves.
Sprinkle with parmesan.

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Reviews

Healthy and delicious ! I made the vegetarian version with the spinach and it was wonderful. Next time I will try adding the meat - can hardly wait !!

katew
Wow! This was delicious! I took a chance on making for the first time for Christmas Eve supper. A success! Great flavors. The fresh parmesan just before serving is key. Forgot the spinach..but kids appreciated that!

CookieGirl23

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wildeyeris

My father is a commercial fisherman in Alaska, so I ate a lot of fish as a child. I took eating fresh seafood for granted, and when I left Alaska for college, I became incredibly homesick for fresh salmon, halibut, shrimp and Dungeness crab. Now that I am back in Alaska, I still get seafood from my father, but I also go out and catch my own. My husband is a hunter, so I also get a lot of venison. I am a huge advocate for wild salmon. I am strongly against farmed fish of any sort because farmed fish are laden with diseases, antibiotics, dyes, and cancer causing agents. I am a one woman army in the fight against farmed fish. Any salmon labeled "Organic", "Atlantic", and "Color Added", are all farmed fish. Try to stay away from them and buy Wild.

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