Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini

By cwooters

Ingredients

• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 2 cup coarsely chopped onions
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 5 cups beef broth
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup dry red wine or water
• 2 cups thinly cliced carrots
• 1/2 tsp basil leaves
• 1/2 tsp oregano leaves
• 8 ounce can tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups sliced zucchine
• 8 oz frozen meat or cheese filled tortellini
• 2 tbs chopped fresh parsley
• 2 medium green pepper, cut into 1/2 pieces
• 2 cups chopped, seeded, peeled tomatoes
• grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Step 1

In 5 quart dutch oven, brown sausage. Remove sausage from dutch oven: drain, reserving 1 tbs drippings in dutch oven. Saute onions and garlic in reserved drippings until onions are tender. Add beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 30 minutes. Skim fat from soup. Stir in zucchini, tortellini, parsley and green pepper. Simmer covered and additional 35 - 40 minutes or until tortellini are tender. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top of each serving.