Seasoned Recipes

Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini

This wonderfully easy soup is a quick and delicious comfort food and is easily whipped-up for a weeknight dinner!

1 pound Italian sausage (spicy if you prefer)
2-3 garlic cloves minced
1 large onion chopped
4 cans (14.5 oz) Italian chopped tomatoes (undrained)
2 Cups water
1 tsp fennel seed
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp coarse black pepper
1 (9 oz) pkg of tortellini

Remove casings of sausage and brown sausage. Pour off grease. Add garlic and onion and sauté a few minutes. Add tomatoes, water, and seasonings and simmer 15 minutes. Cook tortellini, add tomatoes soup and cook another 10 minutes. Top with Parmesan and eat it up!!

This recipe comes from a dear friend Helene Ramey. My parents met Helene when we were all stationed at Bentwaters Air Force Base in Woodbridge, England. Home of the Rendlesham Forest Incident (the British “Roswell”)!