Tortellini And Sausage Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Remove and discard casings from the sausage.
• In a large Dutch oven, brown sausage over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 1 Tablespoon drippings in the pan. Set sausage aside.
• Add onion and garlic to the drippings in the pan; cook, stirring constantly, until onion is tender.
• Add sausage, beef broth, carrots, tomato, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato sauce, water, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper, stirring well.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Add tortellini and parsley, stirring well.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes or until tortellini is tender. Adjust spices to taste.
• Ladle soup into individual soup bowls. Sprinkle each serving with cheese.

Steps:

• Crumble sausage into large saucepan sprayed with cooking spray. Add onions; cook on medium heat 8 to 10 min. or until sausage is done, stirring frequently.
• Drain sausage mixture; return to pan. Stir in chicken broth, water and pasta sauce. Add beans; stir. Bring to boil.
• Add tortellini and spinach; stir. Cook 5 to 7 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently.
• Serve topped with cheese.

Steps:

• In a 5 quart Dutch oven, brown sausage. Remove sausage and drain, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings.
• Saute onions and garlic in drippings. Stir in beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Skim fat from the soup. Stir in zucchini and parsley. Simmer covered for 30 minutes. Add tortellini during the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage and crumble for frying.
• In a large dutch oven, brown sausage, onion and green pepper. Drain well.
• Stir in chicken broth, carrots, tomatoes and tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, cayenne powder, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil; reduce to simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
• Add tortellini and simmer for 5 minutes or until tender.
• Ladle soup into bowls.
• Top with a few sprinkles of mozzarella cheese.
• Serve with crusty bread.

Steps:

• Bring the stock to a simmer in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the tortellini and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Stir in the spinach, garlic, tomatoes and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Return to a simmer and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes. Serve hot with the grated Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Sauté Italian sausage in heavy Dutch oven over medium-high heat until cooked through, crumbling with back of spoon, about 10 minutes. using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to large bowl. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic to Dutch oven and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Return sausage to Dutch oven. Add stock, tomatoes, tomato sauce, zucchini, carrot, bell pepper, wine, basil and oregano. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Add tortellini to soup and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.