Creamy Tortellini Soup with Sausage

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz fresh cheese tortellini

450 g/1 pound mild Italian sausage, no casings

1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp unsalted butter

2 shallots, finely chopped

2 tbsp tomato paste

4 garlic cloves, minced

250 ml/1 cup puréed tomatoes

1 L/4 cups chicken broth

250 ml/1 cup heavy cream

30 g/1 oz grated Parmesan

fresh thyme, for serving

1 tsp each: dried oregano, dried sage, smoked paprika, black pepper

¼ tsp red pepper flakes, more for serving

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

salt, to taste

Directions

Get all the prep done before you start cooking: mince the garlic, finely chop the shallots and thinly slice the bell pepper. Remove the casings from your sausage.

Heat oil and butter in a large pot over medium. Add bell pepper, sauté for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add shallots and garlic, cook for 2 minutes.

Add sausage and spices, break up the meat into small pieces with a wooden spoon, and cook until browned and no longer pink, 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add tomato paste and puréed tomatoes, cook for 15 minutes.

Add tortellini, cook for 2 minutes. Then pour in cream and add Parmesan. Stir to combine, simmer for 1 minute. Taste and adjust salt.

Finish off with some extra red pepper flakes, black pepper and fresh thyme. Enjoy!

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1
• Calories: 479
• Total Fat: 41 g
• Saturated Fat: 21 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 19 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 107 mg
• Sodium: 1503 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 16 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 9 g
• Protein: 14 g