Tortellini Soup

I used Heck brand chicken Italian chipolatas which I cut into four pieces each. Following the recipe otherwise pretty much. Only used chicken stock with no beef and tinned cherry tomatoes. As the other changes to suit store cupboard ingredients on hand. The resulting soup was delicious and enjoyed with warm crusty bread by me and my husband who can be a bit fussy.

This soup is a husband approved favorite! I use sweet Italian sausage bc (according to hubs) spicy Italian sausage is greasy & leaves too much oil in the soup. I then add lots (and I do mean lots) of red pepper flakes, 1.5 tablespoons atleast (usually way more). I use a cup less water than it calls for, but still the same amount of better than bullion, as hubs doesn't like too much broth and that ensures there's lots of sausage and tortellini in each bite. (Thats 5 cups water, 4 tsp chicken base, 2 tsp beef base. But I have made it with just 6 tsp chicken base when I ran out of beef, it was all good) It comes together quick & easy and would be a great recipe to start out with. I use the whole 19oz bag of frozen tortellini (tried less, hubs protests). I also crush the fire roasted tomatoes further (hubs doesn't like the chunks). If you're feeling frisky, add a splash of heavy cream in the bowl, its so lux.

I used turkey sausage instead of Italian sausage, spinach instead of arugula, 4 cups of beef broth / 4 cups of vegetable broth and added more apices since I had more ingredients than called for and it came out soooo good!

Probably one if the best soups I’ve ever made. I did not include the red pepper flakes , used spinach instead of arugula, and I never add more salt to soups, but otherwise it’s perfect as written! Hope you enjoy!

Very good with some mozzarella shreds on the top! I used cut up sausage instead of ground meat but we felt like it would have been good without the meat as well.

This soup is very good! I’d make it for sure again

It was good. I added extra tortellini.

An easy recipe that accommodates plenty of substitutions or additions. Perfect for any season, but especially fall.