Recipe: Appetizing Tuscan Style Tortellini Soup

Tuscan Style Tortellini Soup. In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil. This rich and creamy tomato tortellini soup is the ultimate comfort Italian recipe. Personally, I adore the easiness of using pre-made fresh tortellini for this recipe.

Our lives have been revolving around cross country and lacrosse at our house. Slow cooker tuscan tortellini soup is an easy recipe that preps quickly and can go from freezer to crockpot in a minute. This soup is full of a flavorful broth with cheesy tortellini in every bite. You can cook Tuscan Style Tortellini Soup using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tuscan Style Tortellini Soup

1. Prepare 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
2. You need 1 lb. of smoked sausage or keilbasa, diced.
3. It's 2 tbsp. of unsalted butter.
4. Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, diced.
5. You need 1 of large carrot, diced.
6. You need 1 stalk of celery, diced.
7. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
8. It's 2 tbsp. of all purpose flour.
9. You need 6 cups of unsalted chicken broth.
10. It's 1 can (15 oz.) of fire roasted diced tomatoes.
11. It's 1 can (15 oz.) of Canellini beans, drained and rinsed.
12. It's 3/4 tsp. of salt.
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of Italian seasoning.
14. It's 1/2 tsp. of dried basil.
15. You need 1/4 tsp. of pepper.
16. You need 1 package (12 oz.) of tortellini.
17. Prepare 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
18. You need 3 of packed cups spinach, coarsely chopped.

I envision this being a comforting Italian grandma dish. In the meantime, cook tortellini separately. To the pot of soup add cooked chicken, cooked tortellini, spinach, and milk. Customize this slow cooker tortellini soup with pasta (yes, ravioli works here, too!) that's stuffed with sausage, chicken, cheese, or spinach..

Tuscan Style Tortellini Soup step by step

1. In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the sausage. Cook until browned nicely, then remove it to a towel lined plate and cover with foil. Place the butter into the pot. Once it melts, add the onion, carrot and celery with a big pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until softened, about 6-8 minutes. Then stir in the garlic and cook another couple of minutes. Increase the heat to med-high..
2. Sprinkle the flour over the veggies and cook another couple of minutes. Then slowly stir in the broth, cream and tomatoes until it's all added and stir in the beans and seasonings. Wait for it to come to a low boil. Once at a boil, stir in the tortellini and the sausage. Reduce the heat and let it simmer until the tortellini are al dente (How long depends whether you used frozen, dried or fresh refrigerated. Refer to the package cook time.)..
3. Stir in the chopped spinach. Let it simmer just another couple of minutes, until the spinach has wilted. Then taste to see if it needs any additional seasoning and serve. It is so good with some freshly grated parmesan cheese..

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