Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound Italian sausage (bulk, I use homemade turkey sausage*)
- 1 yellow onion, diced (medium onion)
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 red bell pepper (large roasted, diced)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Crushed red pepper flakes, 1 dash (or to your liking)
- 2 quarts low-sodium beef stock (or broth)
- 2 cups kale, chopped
- 1 package (8 ounce) tortellini (frozen)
How to Make
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Step 1: Put olive oil in a large soup pot on medium heat. Add sausage and onions and brown sausage, breaking it up as it browns. Add fresh rosemary, basil and garlic. Stir in and cook another 2 minutes. Add tomato paste and stir into mixture and cook for about 1 minute.
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Step 2: Add the rest of the ingredients EXCEPT the tortellini. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Let simmer for about 1 hour.
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Step 3: Add tortellini and let cook to the tenderness you like.
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Step 4: Serve up with some chewy Italian bread.
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Step 5:
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Step 6: *Homemade turkey sausage: This is a salt-free recipe. In a spice grinder or you can use a mortal and pestle, put 1 tablespoon dried fennel seed, 1 tablespoons dehydrated onion bits, a dash of dried crushed red pepper seeds, 1 heaping teaspoon rubbed sage from a jar, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Grind to a powder.
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Step 7: Add to 1 pound of ground turkey, mix together well, and fry up.
Tips & Variations
- Spice grinder or mortar and pestle
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