Hot Italian Sausage And Tortellini Soup

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb hot italian sausage
• 2 cups onions, coarsely chopped
• 6 -8 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 cups beef stock
• 2 cups carrots, thinly sliced
• 14 1/2 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 1 cubed zucchini
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 lb tortellini
• italian parsley

Recipe

• 1 remove and discard casings from the sausage.
• 2 in a large dutch oven, brown sausage over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. set sausage aside.
• 3 add onion and garlic to the drippings in the pan; cook, stirring constantly, until onion is tender about 5 minutes.
• 4 add tomato paste to onion and garlic mixture for about 1 minute.
• 5 now add the the wine and let cook for 1 minute.
• 6 now add the rest of the liquids - beef stock and tomato's - stir well to incorporate.
• 7 add the carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. stirring well.
• 8 bring to a boil; reduce heat to med.-low, and simmer, uncovered for 45 minutes.
• 9 add tortellini and parsley, stirring well.
• 10 bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes or until tortellini is tender. adjust spices to taste.
• 11 ladle soup into individual soup bowls. sprinkle each serving with cheese.