ITALIAN SAUSAGE & TORTELLINI SOUP
This creamy Italian Sausage & Tortellini Soup is perfect for those busy days when a crockpot is your best friend. Serve with crusty bread and you have a complete meal.
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- crockpot, slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian Sausage casings removed, crumbled, cooked
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 32 ounces beef stock
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 pound tortellini
- 10 ounces frozen spinach thawed and drained well
- 1/4 cup corn starch
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 12 oz cans evaporated milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Remove the casings from the Italian Sausage, crumble, and brown over medium-high heat.
- Add the sausage, onion, celery, garlic, seasonings, and beef stock to the crockpot. Cook on low heat for 6 hours.
- Whisk the corn starch and water until well combined. Add to the crockpot along with the milk and spinach. Stir, turn heat to high and cook until the soup begins to thicken. This will take about an hour.
- Meanwhile, cook the tortellini according to package directions. Drain but do not rinse.
- Just prior to serving, add the tortellini to the crockpot and heat through.