This is one of those delicious comforting soup recipes you need to save for those days when it’s cold and you have a fire going, and you’re maybe wearing a scarf, and you’re about to watch Love Actually or another amazing rom com. This recipe is made for those times. This is a loaded soup filled with sausage, spinach, and tortellini, all floating in yummy creamy tomato soup. The best winter cozy soup you can imagine!
♥ Teri
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Creamy Tortellini, Sausage and Spinach Soup
Servings:
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (16 ounce) package fresh tortellini of choice
- 3 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 8 ounces Italian sausage, chopped into bite sized pieces
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 ½ cups chicken stock
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 3 packed and heaping cups baby spinach
- salt and pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add a small handful of salt to the water, followed by the tortellini. Boil tortellini until al dente, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain tortellini and set aside.
- Place same pot back onto stovetop, over medium heat, and melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add sausage and brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove sausage from pot and wipe clean.
- Place pot back over medium heat and melt remaining butter. Add flour and whisk together until well combined.
- Whisk stock and tomato sauce into flour mixture and continue to whisk together until no lumps remain. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir sausage and spinach into soup and simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Add tortellini into soup and stir together. Simmer soup for 5 minutes, adjust seasonings. Serve.
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This was so good! I added some garlic, onion, and Italian spices and my husband and I loved it. Unfortunately, my kids weren’t fans, but that just means more for me.
This was spectacular for a weeknight and for ANY night! My husband commented it looked gourmet. My 4 year old loved it. I used chicken Italian sausage from Trader Joe’s, which is precooked, but sliced it up and browned it as the recipe calls. I did use more chicken stock than called for to get more broth in the soup. This is going into regular rotation in my house!
So happy you enjoyed this! I love this soup, especially on a chilly day!
Would this recipe still work if I swap the sausage for shrimp and the chicken stock for vegetable stock?
Yes! The flavor will just be a little different.
Do you think this would work without the sausage? Trying to cut back on meat.
Yes! You can omit it or sub in sliced and seared mushrooms
yes! you can also replace the sausage for wild mushrooms!
Do you recommend leaving the brown bits from the sausage to help flavor the soup or do you want it cleaned completely before adding the butter and flour?
Can you make this the day before? This site is sooo good. It is my go to place for great food!
Yes you can! The tortellini May absorb some of the soup, so you may want to leave them out until you’re ready to reheat and enjoy it :)
I made this for my boyfriend and myself. He’s battling cancer and his appetite isn’t great. He loved this soup! I used Pomi chopped tomatoes and made my own sauce. Topped it with freshly grated Parmesan. So good thank you!
just the right kind of soup at the right time for me, so thank you, much appreciated