Tuscan Tortellini Soup is delicious and comforting. Made with tomatoes, Italian sausage, garlic, onions, kale, and parmesan cheese, you will love this simple meal.
While this looks like one of those soups that take hours to make or need to simmer all day, it is ready in 30-45 minutes, depending on the tortellini you use. Easy, delicious, and comforting, this soup is perfect for serving a crowd.
One of the reasons I love Italian soups is that they are typically heartier and full of substance, with ingredients like meat, vegetables, broth, and some sort of starch, like noodles or potatoes.
While I would say that most meals don’t feel complete just with a soup, this Tuscan Tortellini Soup is a meal. And it will fill everyone up.
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Another one of our favorite soups is a slow cooker version of this Slow Cooker Tuscan Tortellini Soup; it is just as amazing if you want the house to smell like an Italian restaurant at the end of the day. But they are both just as simple to make.
Recipe Tips
Another easy soup that we love, an old classic on the site, and my Creamy Tuscan Soup. This soup is my husband’s favorite that I make.
I love how kale works in this tortellini soup recipe. It cooks down to the right texture, and I prefer it over spinach. Spinach would work, but it gets too overcooked and become slimy. Kale is hearty enough to balance the entire dish out. And my kids don’t even notice it while they are eating. Bonus!
This recipe is excellent for gatherings, feeds a crowd, and is great for a chilly evening. Enjoy this favorite of our family – Tuscan Tortellini Soup! We love it, and so will you.
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Tuscan Tortellini Soup
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs. Italian sausage I love using Spicy Chicken Sausage
- ½ purple onion chopped
- ½ yellow onion chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 2 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 4-6 cups kale roughly chopped
- 1 cup of half and half or whole milk
- 9 ounces refrigerated cheese tortellini use another 9 ounces for thicker soup
- 1 cup parmesan cheese grated
- 1/4 cup Italian seasoning
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a heavy-bottomed pot, I like to use my cast iron cooking pot, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and brown sausage. Once completely cooked, drain and set aside.
- Using the same pot, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil, add onions and garlic and cook until tender. Once onions and garlic are caramelized, add crushed tomatoes, chicken stock, browned ground sausage & kale.
- Bring to a boil, while stirring frequently, add Italian seasoning and salt & pepper to taste.
- Continue to boil 5-10 minutes to allow flavors to merge.
- If you use dry tortellini, add to soup and cook until al dente, about 15-20 minutes.If you use refrigerated tortellini add to soup and reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add half and half and parmesan cheese.
- Simmer for a few more minutes.
- Remove from heat & serve.
Could you clarify the amts of cheese and tortellini. That part of the ingredient list was confusing. Not sure if it was 6oz tortellini or cheese? Thanks!!
I fixed the ingredients list, hope this fixes any confusion. xo San
This is SOOO delicious!! Have you ever tried to freeze it? Do you think it could be a freezer meal?
I haven’t tried it as a freezer meal, but I would think it would do just fine. xo San
So delicious!! Can this be a freezer meal??
I pinned this a long time ago, and I’ve been anxious to make it ever since. I just tasted it, and it’s delicious! I had only 1% milk in the house, so I used that and 4 oz of cream cheese. I also did half crushed and half diced tomatoes. I also added some crushed red pepper because I used Italian sweet sausage. Thanks for sharing this recipe! It’s perfect for a cold, winter day!
Soup was excellent kids ages 1-8 devoured it thank you for sharing. Most certainly a keeper!!!
I love this Recipe. It’s one of those soups that takes like 30 minutes to make, but it taste like it’s been on the stove all day. Where I live, Italian Chicken sausage is hard to find and expensive. So I use Italian Pork Sausage. Then I use the fat to caramelize the onions and garlic instead of more oil. It turned out awesome. I also cooked this for my Fiance for her birthday once as her family is from Tuscany. I’m glad I found this. Thanks Sandra!!
This was delicious! I made this soup for 5 friends for a dinner party. I served it with warm garlic bread and it was a hit, it was hearty and tasteful!
Thanks!
This soup is delicious. I tweaked a couple of things in the recipe using mild Italian sausage with skins removed and broken up so there were some smaller chunks and then added some crushed red pepper to control the desired amount of heat. I also added the kale to onions & garlic for a few minutes because I have a hard time getting the family to eat it unless it’s cooked well. I’ve made it a few times now and everyone loves it.
Hello Sandra,
I just wanted to verify with you, regarding the Italian Chicken Sausage. In your ingredient list you have listed “1 1/2 lbs. Spicy Chicken Sausage”, but later in your recipe instructions you refer to the chicken sausage being ground. So, I was just wondering if you purchased and started with Italian Chicken sausage links; then removed their casings and then broke them up in your pot or did you start by using ground Italian Chicken sausage.
I do buy it ground, but you can definitely substitute with the links with removed casings if that’s what you have on hand.
This soup is pure comfort food! Perfect on a chilly fall day!
It definitely is. Enjoy!
I think this soup is perfect for dinner. Its fantastic! YUM! This looks so delicious!
Thank you, enjoy!
DELICIOUS! Perfect fall and winter soup!
We definitely love it for chilly nights. Enjoy!
This is a meal my family and I would love over and over again!
I hope you and your family enjoy! Thank you!
Mmmm, that looks so good, my kind of soup!
Enjoy!
Looks like the perfect and tastiest weeknight dinner to me!
Thank you!
I’ve made this Tuscan tortellini soup and my kids loved it so much! I am making it again!
Look very delicious! I like it! The instructions in your post very useful with me! Thanks your post!
Thank you, enjoy!