Easy Creamy Sausage Tortellini Soup

This creamy sausage tortellini soup is one of my all time favorite soups that I make and it is so easy to make. This creamy one pot soup is made with a broth that is full of garlic for warmth, cream for sweetness, Italian sausage and hearty vegetables. This Italian tortellini soup is the perfect easy soup to make during Fall and Winter!  If you have 30 minutes, you can make this comforting soup.

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Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Creamy sausage tortellini soup

This creamy sausage and tortellini soup is very easy to make and only involves browning sausage and aromatics then adding the rest of the ingredients in to the pot for a delicious and comforting soup.

It makes a great quick meal and everyone I have ever served this to loves it. It has so much flavor.

The cheese tortellini in this recipe is store bought frozen tortellini and the other ingredients are probably things you already have on hand. This sausage and tortellini soup recipe takes no time to make and should be part of everyones weekly meal rotation.

Sausage and tortellini soup ingredients

• Cheese tortellini. You can use any type you prefer. Both frozen tortellini or fresh are great.
• Italian sausage (sweet or mild): I love a mild Italian sausage but you could also use sweet Italian sausage.
• Carrots: Carrots add a bit of sweetness to the creamy broth.
• Garlic: The garlic adds warmth and makes the broth garlicky and delicious.
• Chicken stock: I prefer to use chicken stock over chicken broth but use what you have on hand.
• Cream: Heavy cream is what makes this sausage tortellini soup creamy so make sure to use full fat.
• Onion: This is part of the aromatics of the soup and it blends in to the broth beautifullly.
• Potatoes: Potatoes, sausage and cream are perfect pairings and potatoes make the soup hearty.
• Italian oregano: You only need a little.
• Red pepper flakes: Red pepper flakes adds depth of flavor but it will not be spicy.

Note about the ingredients

You may already have many of the ingredients for this creamy sausage tortellini soup already in your pantry. You can freeze tortellini and sausage so if you plan ahead and stock up on those items, this soup can be a really fast last minute meal when you don't know what to make.

Anyone can make this easy creamy soup! When you taste this soup, it will taste like it took all day to make this but it only takes 30 minutes. The best part is it is all made in one pot!

How to make it

• First, remove the casings from your Italian sausage.

To do this, you are going to cut a line down the middle of your sausage and this will split the casing around the sausage. Once this casing is split you can easily pull the whole casing off in one go.

• The next thing you are going to do is brown your sausage.

You want to brown your Italian sausage first so that it gets nice and browned (this adds lots of flavor). This allows us to cook the vegetables in the juices from the sausage giving those veggies lots of extra flavor.

• Now you add your aromatic veggies (carrots, onion and garlic) along with the spices.

This step will cook down those aromatic vegetables and spices so that when you add your broth in the next step, they will flavor it really well.

• Add your broth and potatoes.

You are almost done making this easy creamy sausage and tortellini soup when you get to this point. You want to let the potatoes and aromatic veggies cook in the broth for a little bit or until the potatoes are tender.

• The last step is adding in your tortellini and cream.

The last step does not really require any additional cooking time and your cream will heat up fast once it hits the soup. In this last step you want to taste for seasoning and add any extra salt to taste.

How to make this creamy sausage soup for leftovers

When I make a big batch of this creamy sausage soup to have leftovers, I always make the tortellini separately and then add it into bowls when serving the soup.

This prevents the tortellini from drinking up too much of the broth and becoming mushy. You only need to do this if you want leftover soup!

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
2. Salt the water well once it is boiling.
3. Add your tortellini and cook according to the manufacturers instructions.
4. When it is ready, remove from the stove, strain and add back to to the pot.
5. Drizzle your tortellini liberally with olive oil and gently mix it all around making sure to coat all of the tortellini.
6. Set aside until you are ready to assemble your bowls of soup.

When you cook your tortellini on the side, you are able to keep your pasta nice and al dente and you don't have to worry about the pasta drinking up all of the soup's broth if you are saving some for leftovers.

How to serve

This creamy sausage tortellini soup is on rotation all year at our house because it so so easy and it makes great leftovers. If you want to make this for leftovers make sure you follow the notes at the bottom of the recipe for the best way to make the tortellini portion for leftovers.

This soup is definitely a great one to keep in your rotation all year and one that everyone will love.

Storing and re-heating

This creamy sausage and tortellini soup stores really well for leftovers. Just allow it to cool completely then store in a container with a lid on the fridge for up to 2 days.

To re-heat, pour soup into a large pot and gently re-heat on low until heated through. Add fresh cheese tortellini that you cook on the side to the warmed up soup.

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• Italian Minestrone
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• Italian Wedding Soup
• Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
• Creamy Garlic Soup