Creamy Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Spinach

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If you are looking for creamy pasta soup recipes, try this Creamy Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Spinach recipe! A quick hearty soup recipe that can be ready in less than 30 minutes. It’s so cozy, creamy, and comforting!

This creamy tortellini soup would make the perfect warm and filling dinner for the whole family.

Creamy Tortellini Soup Ingredients:

This creamy tortellini soup is made of tortellini pasta, kielbasa sausage, fresh spinach, mirepoix (an onion, carrot, and celery mixture), low sodium broth, and heavy cream.

Mirepoix is a combination of aromatic vegetables for soups, stews, and braises that consists of chopped onions, celery, and carrots.

I prefer to chop the Mirepoix ingredients into finer pieces and cook them in the dutch oven with a small amount of olive oil or butter. In this more tender state, they can more effectively infuse the foods and flavors.

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Kielbasa Sausage:

I also added Kiełbasa, a type of sausage originating across modern-day Poland and Ukraine. You can find Kielbasa sausages at any grocery store. I purchased a 4-pound bag of Kielbasa sausages with no nitrates at added at Costco for around $10.

Because some of the tortellini pasta filling and Kielbasa sausage you select the recipe may contain higher levels of sodium. On that note be sure to use low sodium chicken broth, and add some water if needed to balance out the flavor.

Add salt and pepper at the very end of cooking and only if you feel it’s really needed.

I only added 1/2 cup heavy cream into this creamy tortellini soup because thick soups, especially those made with starchy vegetables or pasta, may continue to thicken during cooking, storage and reheating.

Be sure to stir the soup from time to time throughout the cooking process, to prevent starchy ingredients from sticking to the bottom of the pot and for the best flavor, texture, and appearance.

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Creamy Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Spinach

Creamy Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Spinach

A quick hearty soup recipe that’s ready in less than 30 minutes made of Tortellini pasta, Kielbasa, Spinach, Mirepoix (an Onion, Carrot, and Celery mixture), low sodium broth and heavy cream.

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: creamy kielbasa soup, kielbasa soup, sausage soup

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 486kcal

Author: Rika Livingston

Ingredients

• 12 oz Tortellini Pasta with or without filling
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 clove garlic {minced}
• 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 6-8 cups low sodium chicken broth
• ½ cup heavy cream {or add more according to your liking}
• 4 cups of fresh spinach
• 1 cup sliced Kielbasa sausage

Optional:

• a pinch of nutmeg
• salt and pepper

Instructions

• Melt butter in a large dutch oven or skillet over medium heat. Add Mirepoix ingredients: onion, carrots, celery, garlic and cook until tender (for about 5 minutes).
• Add flour and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
• Add low sodium chicken broth into the mirepoix and flour mixture, stir until well blended. 
• Add Kielbasa Sausage into the pot and bring the soup to a simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tortellini pasta, cover and cook until the pasta is tender or according to the product packaging.
• Once the pasta is fully cooked, add heavy cream and fresh spinach. Keep stirring for about 1 minute.

  Season with salt/pepper or add more low sodium chicken broth, heavy creamy or water if needed. Remove from the heat and serve.

Notes

Tortellini are ring-shaped pasta, you can find them at any grocery market and usually come in different filling options, such as cheese, spinach, lobster, butternut squash, etc. For this recipe, I used Tortellini spinach. 

You may substitute an equal amount of heavy cream for half-and-half or milk.  Heavy creams contain more fat than half-and-half-creams and also more resistant to curdling, so they are a better choice in soups and sauces. 

 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Creamy Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Spinach

Amount Per Serving

Calories 486 Calories from Fat 261

% Daily Value*

Fat 29g45%

Saturated Fat 13g81%

Cholesterol 86mg29%

Sodium 716mg31%

Potassium 574mg16%

Carbohydrates 37g12%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 21g42%

Vitamin A 5923IU118%

Vitamin C 10mg12%

Calcium 147mg15%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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