Tortellini Soup #SlowCooker

Soup Season is upon us! Soups are so dang easy to put together and can be very hearty and filling! I made this Tortellini Soup the other day hoping for leftovers, but no such luck. My teenage boys practically licked the pot clean! A simple collection of amazing flavors set in the slow cooker for several hours and voila – Tortellini Soup was created.

Tortellini Soup

The great thing about this recipe is that you can customize it a few different ways. You can use a spicier Italian sausage or a mild or even sweet red pepper sausage. You can use cheese tortellini or add some with different flavors – or even colors. I also love that you can use frozen tortellini (for those days when time gets away from you and you forgot to take it out of the freezer in the morning).

Tortellini Soup

Making dinner in the slow cooker can be a huge time saver. With all the distance learning and working from home, the day can get away from you and you are exhausted by dinner time. When you start a meal in the slow cooker, while you still have the energy, you only have to do a few things at the end and then serve it. Plus you get to smell the yumminess all day long and just know dinner will be fantastic. Remember that every size and shape of slow cooker is different, so you may need to adjust cooking times to suit your unit.

Now Let’s Get Cookin’!

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Tortellini Soup

Slow cooked all day to create a delicious, creamy, hearty bowl of warm soup.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword crockpot, hearty soup, Sausage, slow cooker, soup, soup recipes, tortellini
Prep Time 10 minutes
Slow Cooker 6 hours
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Chicken Sausage cut in ½ inch coins
  • 4 Garlic Cloves minced
  • ½ White Onion minced
  • 1 28oz can Crushed Tomatoes
  • 1 15oz can Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 qt Chicken Broth
  • tsp Italian Seasoning
  • 1 tsp Fennel Seed
  • 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • lb Tortellini fresh or frozen
  • 2 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 cup Parmesan Cheese grated

Instructions

  • Prepare all of the ingredients.
  • Add sausage, onion, garlic, tomatoes, chicken broth and seasoning to slow cooker and stir together. Cover with lid and cook for 5½ hours on low.
  • Remove lid and stir in heavy cream until full incorporated. Then do same with Parmesan Cheese. Last add tortellini and stir. Replace lid and let cook another 30 minutes.

Estelle Forrest self-published this cookbook after a lot of playing around in the kitchen. You can purchase your own copy here:

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Published by Estelle Forrest

I am a lot of things – wife, mother, daughter, sister, niece, friend, business owner, volunteer, and a home chef. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of my adult life and plan to stay forever – while traveling a lot. I am currently running a General Contracting business with my husband out of our home. Between us we have 6 kids in our blended family, 4 of which live with us full-time. We are a highly active family during the week – sports, bands, dance classes – as well as on the weekend – camping, hiking, car shows, and concerts. We like to go go go, but when it comes to dinnertime, we mostly like to dine-in! I love to create things with my hands and have probably tried almost every craft out there at least once or twice. Cooking is a huge part of my life. No matter what anyone says – you can taste the difference in the food if it was made with love. Some of the simplest meals can be elevated so much when they are cooked with care. Pouring love into the meals I create brings a feeling of fulfillment and satisfaction, not only to me, but to the people I care about.

4 thoughts on “Tortellini Soup #SlowCooker

  1. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, 511. We will be live for our special Thanksgiving Edition on Tuesday this week, be sure and stop by! Hope you have a very special Thanksgiving!
    Miz Helen

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