Creamy Tortellini Soup
This creamy Tortellini Soup recipe has cheese tortellini in seasoned vegetable broth with fresh basil, diced tomatoes, and spinach. It's healthy comfort food that's delicious and ready in under 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- 1 tablespoonbutter
- 1onion (, diced)
- 2 clovesgarlic (minced)
- crushed red pepper flakes (, to taste)
- ¼ cupall-purpose flour
- 3 cupsvegetable broth
- 14 ½ ouncecan diced tomatoes
- 8 ouncestomato sauce
- ½ teaspoondried basil
- 1 teaspoonitalian seasoning
- salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
- 8 ouncescheese tortellini ((the refrigerated kind))
- ½ cupfreshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 ½ cupsfresh spinach leaves ((packed))
- ½ cupheavy cream (or half and half)
- ¼ cupfresh basil leaves (, chopped)
Directions
- 1
Add oil and butter to a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
- 2
Add the garlic. Stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
- 3
Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Taste broth and adjust seasonings if needed.
- 4
Bring mixture to a gentle boil and then add the tortellini. Cook for a few minutes, until tortellini are tender.
- 5
Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
- 6
Add chopped basil. Serve warm.