Warming Italian Sausage And Tortellini Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Crumble sausage into a large saucepan; cook over medium heat until no longer pink. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels. In the drippings, saute onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Stir in the broth, water, tomatoes, green pepper, carrot, wine, tomato sauce, tomato paste, oregano and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. , Skim fat. Stir in the sausage, tortellini, zucchini and parsley. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer or until tortellini is tender.

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:

• In a large saucepan, cook the sausage for 5 minutes over a medium heat, mashing it up with a spatula (if using very lean sausage you may need to add a little cooking spray).
• Add the onion and garlic and continue to cook for a further 3 minutes.
• Add the red wine and cook for a further 2 minutes.
• Add the beef stock, carrots, zucchini, basil and chopped tomatoes. Reduce the heat and simmer, loosely covered, for 30 minutes.
• Add the tortellini and cook for a further 2-5 minutes, until the tortellini is cooked but not overdone.
• Remove from the heat and serve, topped with freshly shaved parmesan cheese if desired.

Steps:

• In a large nonsticke skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage until browned. With a slotted spoon, transfer to slow cooker.
• Add onion, carrots, broth, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, tomatoes and mushrooms to slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on High 3 to 4 hours or on Low 6 to 10 hours, or until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain.
• Add zucchini, parsley and tortellini to slow cooker and cook on High 15 to 20 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Spoon into individual bowls and top with Parmesan.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute and crumble Italian sausage until no longer pink.
• Drain sausage well on paper towels and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of drippings from saucepan.
• Add onion and garlic to saucepan.
• Saute until translucent.
• Return sausage to pan; add beef broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, zucchini, carrot, bell pepper, wine, basil, and oregano.
• Simmer until vegetables are tender, 40-60 minutes.
• Add tortellini and cook until tender.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle into individual soup bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.