Ingredients
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- 1 lb. Italian pork sausage
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 4-5 cups chicken broth
- 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 10 oz. package refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 3-4 cups chopped kale
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Kosher salt
- fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- Heat a large pot over medium heat and add ground pork. Cook, crumbling with a spatula, until cooked through.
- Remove pork from the pot with a slot spoon, leaving remaining grease. Set pork aside.
- Heat olive oil in the pot over medium heat.
- Add onion along with a couple large pinches of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally for 4-5 minutes.
- Add garlic, Italian seasoning, and a couple large pinches of salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute.
- Create a small well and add tomato paste to the pot. Cook, stirring it across the bottom of the pot for 1-2 minutes or until it becomes a dark red brick color.
- Sprinkle flour into the pot and stir to combine. Cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute.
- Add a few splashes of broth until you can easily clean the bottom of the pot, scraping all the yummy bits off the bottom.
- Stir in remaining broth, crushed tomatoes, tortellini, and cooked pork along with a couple large pinches of salt and pepper.
- Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 3-5 minutes or until the tortellini is cooked al dente.
- Stir in chopped kale and heavy cream until the kale wilts and the soup is warmed through.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with shaved Parmesan and enjoy!
Notes
- Don’t overcook the tortellini. You want the tortellini to be tender but al dente so that it still has a toothsome bite. The best part is that all broth flavors will be infused in the tortellini as it cooks. I recommend carefully tasting the tortellini when you think it’s done.
- Don’t skip the Parmesan cheese! Sometimes garnishes get ignored, but we love topping this soup off with some freshly shaved parmesan cheese. It adds a delicious nutty flavor and a hint of saltiness to the creamy soup.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 996.3 mg
- Fat: 26.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 10.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.4 g
- Fiber: 1.9 g
- Protein: 12.8 g
- Cholesterol: 68.1 mg


