Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound Sweet Italian Sausage
• 1 cup Onion, Chopped
• 1 clove Garlic, Chopped
• 5 cups Beef Broth
• ½ cups Red Wine
• 2 cups Italian Stewed Tomatoes
• 1 cup Carrots, Sliced
• ½ teaspoons Dried Basil
• ½ teaspoons Dried Oregano
• 8 ounces, weight Tortellini

Preparation Instructions

Remove casings from the sausage and brown in a Dutch oven over medium heat with the onion, and garlic. You can break up the sausage as you go and cook the mixture until the sausage is no longer pink. Drain any excess grease. Add the broth, wine, tomatoes, and carrots. Increase heat to high until the mixture boils and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer together 20 minutes. Add the basil, oregano, and tortellini. Cook until the tortellini are done (according to the timing recommended on the tortellini package).