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Creamy Tortellini Sausage Kale Soup

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Ingredients

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  • 1 lb. Italian sausage
  • 1/2 lg yellow onion, diced
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 Tbls. Italian seasoning
  • 2 tsp. whole fennel (opt.)
  • 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (opt.)
  • 4 Tbls. tomato paste
  • 1 – 14oz can diced tomatoes
  • 2 large handfuls chopped kale (use as much as you like)
  • 1 – 19oz. pkg. frozen cheese tortellini (you can use fresh if you like)
  • 1 C. heavy cream
  • salt & pepper, to taste
  • Freshly grated parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top

Instructions

  1. In dutch oven or soup pot, add sausage, diced onion and carrot.  Break apart sausage and cook until sausage is cooked and onions/carrots are tender.  Add garlic, Italian seasoning, fennel and red pepper flakes (if using) and cook another minute or two.
  2. Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes (with their juice) and chicken stock.  Simmer about 10 minutes or so to let the tomato paste thicken a bit.  See notes if you’d like to use flour for a thicker soup.
  3. Just prior to serving, add tortellini, kale and heavy cream and cook a couple minutes until kale is wilted and tortellini is heated up.
  4. Taste and add salt and pepper if desired.  Top each bowl with some grated parmesan cheese.

Notes

This soup is not too thick.  If you want a thick soup, sprinkle a couple tablespoons of flour over the sausage mixture prior to adding liquid for a thicker soup.

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