Sausage Butternut Squash Tortellini Soup
When the weather turns cool, a large pot of Sausage Butternut Squash Tortellini Soup is a great recipe to keep you and your family warm.
Servings: 8
Calories: 637kcal
Equipment
- 6 quart Dutch Oven or larger
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup onions diced
- 8 oz mushrooms chopped
- 6 garlic cloves minced; divided
- 1 butternut squash peeled and diced
- 6 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 sprig sage or 8-10 leaves
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 18 oz cheese tortellini
- 6 oz spinach
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Remove casings from sausage links, crumble, and brown in the Dutch oven (or other large pot) over medium high heat.
- Strain the sausage through a fine mesh sieve, catching and reserving the renderings. Set the Italian sausage aside.
- Add the reserved renderings or olive oil back to the Dutch oven and cook the chopped mushrooms, minced garlic, and diced onion until they begin to soften and brown.
- Over medium high heat, bring the soup to a boil. Allow to cook for 6-8 minutes or until the butternut squash is completely fork tender.
- Use an immersion blender to puree everything into a smooth soup base. Stir in the tomato paste.
- Reduce to medium heat and return the cooked sausage to the large soup pot along with the cheese tortellini and fresh spinach. Allow to cook until a low simmer begins.
- Remove from heat and stir in the heavy cream.
- Once combined, return to a low simmer, then serve and enjoy. Garnish with optional grated Parmesan cheese.
Notes
Ned's Notes:
- We love cheese tortellini but you can use any filling, sausage, mushroom, spinach and cheese, and so on.
- We used sausage renderings to sauté the vegetables, but olive oil, butter, bacon fat, or any cooking oil can be used.
- If you want a thinner soup base, you can omit the tomato paste, but then we recommend adding a tablespoon of other Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce to get the umami you'd get from the the tomato paste
- Sausage: mild, sweet, hot and spicy; chicken or turkey; plant-based are options
- Add more vegetables like bell peppers and tomatoes
- Use your favorite broth or alternative dairy options.
- Toss in more fresh herbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 637kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 1234mg | Potassium: 1119mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 12722IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 212mg | Iron: 5mg
