Created by lovinretirement on May 11, 2020
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.
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.
Step 3: Add tortellini and let cook to the tenderness you like.
Step 4: Serve up with some chewy Italian bread.
Step 5:
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.
Step 7: Add to 1 pound of ground turkey, mix together well, and fry up.