Creamy Tortellini Soup
Warm up this winter with this meal-level soup! Creamy Tortellini Soup is pure carby comfort with fresh cheese tortellini and savory sausage in a creamy tomato base.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
- 1 lb ground turkey sausage crumbled (can also use chicken sausage)
- 1 leek thinly sliced and then chopped
- 1 small onion diced
- 30 ounces low-sodium chicken broth (about 2 cans)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram or oregano
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 9 ounces refrigerated fresh tortellini (any variety)
- 1/3 cup half-and-half or heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons mascarpone
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Fresh flat leaf parsley chopped
- Grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil in a 4-5 quart Dutch oven or soup pot until the surface starts to shimmer.
- Add in the sausage and saute, breaking up the larger clumps as it cooks.
- When the sausage brown, transfer to a bowl and drain off all but 1 tablespoon of liquids/fat from the pot.
- Add the leeks and onions, stirring often until softened (about 5 five minutes).
- Scoot everything to one side.
- Add a little broth to cleared area if the there's no liquid left in the pot.
- Spoon in the tomato paste and dried herbs. Stir until fragrant to bloom the flavors (1 minute or so), then mix everything into the meat and onions.
- Sprinkle flour over the mixture and stir well for a minute or two to cook the rawness off of the flour. Everything will be become a little pasty; this is good.
- Pour in the tomato sauce along with the rest of the broth and raise heat to bring the soup to a gentle bubble. Reduce heat to hold a simmer and cook for 10 minutes
- Add the fresh tortellini and allow to cook for 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the dairy, mascarpone, and a ladle of the hot soup's liquids until smooth. Pour into the soup and stir.
- Taste, and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Serve, topped with fresh parsley and parmesan cheese