Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage and Kale | The Modern Proper (2024)

March 28, 2024

This ultra creamy Tortellini Soup is an absolute crowd pleaser. It's the perfect cozy meal for fall and only takes 30 minutes to make.

Categories

  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Soup
  • 30 Minutes
  • Kid Friendly
  • One Pot

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Creamy Tortellini Soup

We’ve taken everything you love about cold weather comfort food and easy 30 Minute Dinners, and threw it all into one pot for a weeknight dish that dreams are made of. The only things missing from this creamy tortellini soup is a loaf of Crusty Bread to soak up that brothy tomato bisque base and a bottle of good wine. Serve it with a Simple Italian Salad or Antipasto Salad and Garlic Bread.

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Making Tortellini Soup Your Dish

You won’t believe how flavorful this pot of soup is, and we’re so excited for you to try it. Full of Italian sausage, tortellini, tomatoes, kale, and a touch of cream for good measure (wink wink). This is like our Tomato Bisque meets our Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden for life). It’s a meal your friends and family will ask for over and over again. We all want to be famous for something, right? You can also turn to a few of our make-all-the-time Italian standards: Classic Lasagna, Chicken Cacciatore, or Baked Ziti.

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What Goes Into Tortellini Soup?

The thing we love so much about tortellini soup is how versatile it is. We like to stick with a cheese-filled pasta and add the other ingredients to the soup. Buying a meat (or other flavor) filled tortellini wouldn’t be bad, but cheese tortellini creates a nice base flavor (it’s what we use in our Chicken Tortellini Soup too), plus it really compliments that creamy tortellini soup taste. For even more inspiration, be sure to check out our 30 Best Soup Recipes post!

Other Star Ingredients of Tortellini Soup

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How Do You Make Easy Tortellini Soup?

We know you'll love this super easy tortellini soup, because it's one of the most flavorful dishes we’ve made in a long time, and anyone who's tried it feels the same. All it takes is a few easy steps:

  1. Brown the sausage until cooked half way through.

  2. Add onions and garlic.

  3. Add chicken broth, a can of crushed tomatoes and a little tomato paste.

  4. Simmer and season with salt.

  5. Add kale, cream and tortellini.

  6. Serve!

How long does sausage tortellini soup last in the fridge? *If* it makes it to leftover status, and we'd be surprised if it does. You can store this tortellini soup in the refrigerator for up to five days and warm it up in the microwave or stovetop.

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Tips for Making the Best Tortellini Soup

This soup is 100% dependable and hard to screw up, but just in case, we’re here with a few tips and tricks to make sure your dinner is as successful as possible.

  1. Kale and spinach wilt very quickly. They just need a few minutes in the hot broth to soften enough to be easily consumed without taking on a soggy texture.

  2. Fresh tortellini take just a few minutes to cook through, so for that perfect al dente toothsome texture, it’s best to add it a few minutes before serving.

  3. Adding the cream slowly at the end will help keep it from curdling.

  4. Make it your own by adding zucchini, chicken sausage or spinach tortellini...the possibilities are endless.

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Tools For Tortellini Soup

More Creamy Soups from The Modern Proper

  • Clam Chowder

  • Coconut Chicken Soup

  • Coconut Curry Lentil Soup

  • Hungarian Mushroom Soup

  • Clam Chowder Creamy, rich and satisfying, our clam chowder recipe really hits the spot. Just add bread bowls or oyster crackers and your day will be one hundred percent cozier!
  • Coconut Chicken Soup At once complex and simple, pungent, creamy and spicy—our coconut chicken soup, better known as Tom Kha Gai is comfort in a bowl.
  • Coconut Curry Lentil Soup A creamy, rich coconut curry broth loaded with veggies makes this coconut curry lentil soup the perfect 30-minute, one-pot dinner. Oh, and P.S. it’s vegan!
  • Hungarian Mushroom Soup Earthy mushrooms are the savory stars of this creamy, pungent, satisfying Hungarian mushroom soup.

Need More Soup Inspiration?

  • Creamy Tomato Soup with Chicken and Vegetables

  • Coconut Curry Soup with Chicken, Chickpeas and Hearty Greens

  • African Peanut Soup

  • Red Lentil Soup

  • Creamy Tomato Soup with Chicken and Vegetables This creamy tomato soup is loaded with lean ground chicken, Italian seasonings and ultra-healthy cruciferous vegetables, and is magically low carb, fiber-rich, gluten free and ready in 30 minutes!
  • Coconut Curry Soup with Chicken, Chickpeas and Hearty Greens This coconut curry soup with chicken and chickpeas is so filling and satisfying, it’s hard to believe that it qualifies as health food—but we promise, it really, really does.
  • African Peanut Soup Warming fresh ginger, jalapeño, cumin and plenty of garlic make a spicy base for this creamy, sweet-savory African peanut soup recipe.
  • Red Lentil Soup Coconut milk makes this simple red lentil soup creamy and rich, while curry spices give it warmth and complexity. And it’s versatile–you can make it vegan, or add shredded chicken.

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