Creamy Tortellini Soup
This creamy Tortellini Soup is a healthy comfort food with cheese tortellini, fresh basil, tomatoes, and spinach, ready in under 30 minutes.
Equipment
- Dutch oven
- Large pot
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 8 ounces cheese tortellini (the refrigerated kind)
- ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 ½ cups fresh spinach leaves (packed)
- ½ cup heavy cream or half and half
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves chopped
Instructions
- Add oil and butter to a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic. Stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
- Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Taste broth and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Bring mixture to a gentle boil and then add the tortellini. Cook for a few minutes, until tortellini are tender.
- Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
- Add chopped basil. Serve warm.
Notes
This is a great recipe to add extra produce from your fridge that needs to be used up. Options include celery, shredded carrot, baby broccoli, chopped kale, chopped zucchini. For a slow cooker version, sauté onion then add to the crockpot and follow the instructions accordingly.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 472kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 16gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 1490mgPotassium: 545mgFiber: 5gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 2518IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 286mgIron: 4mg
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