Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup is pure comfort food, loaded with vegetables, Italian sausage and cheese tortellini! NO flour and NO heavy cream!
This Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup is one of my favourite recipes! Loaded with carrots, celery and spinach, soft pillows of cheese tortellini PLUS incredible flavours, this soup is thick and creamy without heavy cream OR a roux to get the thick and creamy texture.
Tortellini Soup
Another day… another slow cooker recipe! I’m so excited about this soup! You all know how much of a fan I am of converting heavy cream recipes into lower calorie ones when carbs are involved.
This is one of those quick to throw together recipes. Dump all ingredients into a slow cooker in the morning, and come home to your house smelling like a gourmet restaurant with a warm bowl of soup to south your soul!
HOW DO YOU MAKE TORTELLINI SOUP?
- Italian sausage gives this soup an amazing flavour BUT you CAN substitute it with plain and simple ground meats (ground chicken, turkey or beef sausage). For vegetarian options, leave the meat out all together.
- Dried three cheese tortellini is the best tortellini to use for this soup. You can also use fresh tortellini, just keep an eye on it as it doesn’t need as long to cook as dried. Any flavour is fine!
- The thick and creamy texture comes from a mixture of evaporated milk, cornstarch and milk. I found this mixture yielded the best results, but you can of course substitute with heavy cream if you wish.
- Veggies such as carrots, celery and spinach provide the best flavours. You could also add pumpkin, sweet potato, kale, zucchini, etc!
Pasta Soup
One of the BEST SOUPS I’ve ever tasted. The best part being it cooks while you’re NOT EVEN HOME! THIS is why I’m excited. Because coming home from a long day to find a bowl of comfort already done for you, and only needing a couple extra additions before serving? Priceless!
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Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage or ground chicken, turkey or beef, browned
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 large carrots chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoon beef bouillon powder or chicken
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 cups beef broth or chicken or vegetable broth -- I use low sodium
- ¼ cup cornstarch mixed and dissolved in ¼ cup water
- 36 ounces evaporated milk or half and half
- 12 ounce packet three cheese tortellini I used dried not fresh; choose any flavour you like
- 5 cups fresh baby spinach
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Place the browned sausage, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, Italian seasoning, beef bouillon powder, salt, and broth in a 6-quart / litre slow cooker bowl. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 7 hours.
- Uncover and skim any fat that is sitting on the top of the soup with a spoon; discard. Stir in the cornstarch mixture with the evaporated milk (or half and half or cream). Add the tortellini and mix well. Cover again and cook on HIGH heat setting for a further 45 minutes until the soup has thickened, and the tortellini is soft and cooked through.
- Add in the spinach, pressing the leaves down to completely submerse into the liquid. Cover again for a further 5-10 minutes until the leaves have wilted.
- Pour in milk in ⅓ cup increments, as needed, to reach your desired thickness and consistency (I needed 1 cup); taste test and season with extra salt ONLY if needed, and pepper to suit your tastes.
- Serve with crusty warmed bread
Brittany says
Oh man this was delicious!! I didn’t have celery and only had country sausage instead of Italian so I think I will try it next time. It was so flavorful and hit every taste bud! Not too rich but rich enough! One bowl and i was full! 10/10 recommend and will DEFINITELY be saving this one for another day! Thanks so much 🥰
Lyndsey says
Our family LOVES this soup. It is by far my husbands favorite thing I’ve ever made. I have however found out I have to be dairy free, could you use coconut milk? Thank you!
bailey m says
So yummy!! I made some changes to mine–made it in about 40 minutes total.
-I subbed coconut milk for cream (mine was still a watery consistency, but i loved the smoother flavor when adding coconut milk to the chicken broth and it wasn’t as fattening as heavy cream or milk, also better for ppl who are lactose intolerant despite the cheese in the pasta lol)
-I subbed kale for spinach
and I made mine in a soup pot on the stove.
turned out SO good and flavorful!! definitely adding to my rotation for fall/winter dinners
Teresa Swanson says
I made it today with turkey kielbasa. Delicious!
Diane says
This soup is REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY… REALLY GOOD!! I only had 2 cans of evaporated milk so I added heavy cream in place of the 3rd can. DELICIOUS!
Natasha says
Loved this soup! Your website and recipes are amazing!!
Shannon says
This soup is amazing, I’ve made it so many times! This last time I used ground turkey with an Italian sausage seasoning mixed throughout to make it healthier and I think I like it even more!! I never add the bouillon or milk and it’s perfect. ❤️
katherine Holmes says
I use chicken italian sausage. This soup is AWESOME!
bailey m says
oh man thats a good idea to use ground turkey instead to help with reducing the fat!
Amy says
I give this 100 stars! We got our first snow yesterday here in Iowa and I needed some comfort food. This soup is AMAZING. I made it exactly as the recipe called for and it was fantastic. In a house of picky eaters, everybody loved it and we will definitely be adding this to the winter rotation.
Jenn Z says
Family loved it! I got the, “wow you gotta make this more often!” Five year old even ate the spinach! Miracle dinner and easy to make!
Leslee says
I made this for Christmas. It was excellent! I made it a day in advance, refrigerated overnight and reheated. Everyone loved it. My mom and dad even asked for the recipe, the true mark of good food!
Eva says
Hi Karina,
Love you recipes, and this looks great too.
So where I live, they only sell sweetened condensed milk. I’m guessing thats not great for a soup.
Can I also use something like coconut cream instead you think? This has some thickness to it too..?
Hope you have some ideas 🙂
Thanks for all your great work, most of our fav foods come from your site!
Cheers, Eva
Karina says
Hi Eva. Coconut cream, evaporated milk, thickened cream or whipping cream would work well. I don’t suggest condensed milk.
bailey m says
i used coconut milk in mine!! its definitely still watery in the consistency but its still super yummy. to thicken it properly, i would suggest flour if cream is not available