Hearty Minestrone Tortellini Soup

 

Hearty Minestrone Tortellini Soup

Hearty Soup to warm up your day. SKU# 81701
Course Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, main dish, Side Dish, Soup
Cuisine Italian
Servings 3 servings

Ingredients
  

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1-2 Cups Cheese Tortellini 81701
  • 2 TBL Olive Oil
  • ½ Medium Onion
  • 1 Medium Carrot
  • 2 Medium Ribs of Celery
  • 2 TBSP Tomato Paste
  • 2 Cups Seasonal Vegetables Zucchini, squash, peas, or potatoes
  • 3 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 TSP Crushed Red Pepper
  • 1 TSP Dry Oregano
  • 1 TSP Dry Thyme
  • 1 28 oz Diced Tomato Canned
  • 4 Cups Vegetable Stock
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 Can Great Norther Beans
  • 1 Cup Spinach or Swiss shard, kale, or collard greens
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Fresh Parmigiana Cheese
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • Chop onion, carrot, celery into ½” pieces.  Cut seasonal vegetables into ¼-½”pieces.  Drain and rinse beans.  Prepare and wash spinach.  Roughly tear bigger pieces.  Roughly chop garlic.
  • In a stock pot or Dutch oven, heat olive oil over mediumhigh heat.  Add carrot, celery, and onionto the pot and cook for about 5-7 minutes until vegetables start to becometender. 
  • Add the seasonal vegetables, garlic, and dry herbs to the pot and cook another 5 minutes.
  • Add Tomato paste and cook another 2 minutes.
  • Add the can of diced tomatoes, vegetable stock, water and bay leaves. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
  • Partially cover and bring to a low simmer. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
  • Add drained beans, Tortellini, and spinach. Cook an additional 5-10 minutes or so until pasta is completely cooked though.
  • Scoop into bowls and top with fresh parm cheese and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

Notes

  • Use whichever seasonal vegetables you have available: zucchini, summer squash, butternut squash, peas, corn, or green beans etc.
  • Change up the beans as well, use great northern beans, cannellini, kidney, garbanzo, or pinto beans.
Keyword 81701, Cheese Tortellini, Soup
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