Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini

Italian recipes are always like by people. Either these recipes are related to soup or any other main dish, equally popular all over the world. Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini is amazing invention of Italian cooking. One hour and thirty five minutes are required to prepare it. Sausage, garlic, tomatoes and red wines give special taste to this dish. You can get 324 calories, 20.2g Fat and 50mg cholesterol. All these amounts are necessary for body. Actual recipe can yield eight servings.

Ingredients

You are required to have:

One pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed

One cup chopped onion

Two cloves garlic, minced

Five cups beef broth

Half cup water

Half cup red wine

Four large tomatoes – peeled, seeded and chopped

One cup thinly sliced carrots

Half tablespoon packed fresh basil leaves

Half teaspoon dried oregano

One (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

One and half cups sliced zucchini

Eight ounces fresh tortellini pasta

Three tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Directions

You must have a Dutch oven having five quart, brown the sausage. After sometime, remove sausage and drain. During this process reserve one tablespoon of drippings. Cook onions and garlic in drippings. Blend in beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce and sausage. Boil all these ingredients. After boiling reduce heat and cook for thirty minutes. While cooking, do not cover the pot.  Scan fat from soup and mix in zucchini and parsley. Cover and cook for thirty minutes, add tortellini during the last ten minutes. Shake over  Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.

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