Bob’s Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb sweet italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 lb mild italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 cups beef broth or 5 cups stock
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup red (i like cabernet or sauvignon )
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 (8 ounce) tomato sauce
• 2 zucchini, chopped
• 2 yellow squash
• 8 ounces cheese tortellini
• 2 green bell peppers, chopped

Recipe

• 1 place the sausage in a large pot over medium high heat brown the sausage. add the onions, garlic, peppers and carrots. when those ingredients have softened, add the beef broth, water.
• 2 next add the beef stock, water, , tomatoes, basil, oregano and tomato sauce. bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, skimming any fat that may surface.
• 3 add the zucchini, yellow squash, and tortellini, simmer for 10 minutes, or until tortellini is fully cooked.