This creamy Tortellini Soup recipe has cheese tortellini in a creamy vegetable broth with fresh basil, diced tomatoes, and spinach. It’s a healthy comfort food that’s easy, delicious!, and ready in under 30 minutes!
Want more soup recipes? Chicken and Dumplings, Cioppino, and Beef Stew are some of my favorites!
I’m a big fan of dinners like this tortellini soup that you can make ahead of time, or throw together in 30 minutes, right before you’re ready to eat. That way I can buy what I need, and depending on how my days goes, I can start prepping it in the morning. Or if I don’t get to it early, I know it will be easy to throw together at dinnertime. This recipe was inspired by my Creamy Tomato and Spinach Tortellini pasta that has been so popular.  And if you love tortellini, I’ve got several other tortellini recipes.
What I LOVE about this soup recipe:
- Refrigerated Tortellini –Â The refrigerated tortellini is inexpensive and it tastes better than the dry packaged kind. Plus, it cooks faster!
- Creamy, but not too creamy – This is a healthier tortellini soup recipe but still feels like your enjoying a nice comforting creamy soup. The broth consists of 3 cups of vegetable broth and just ½ cup of cream (or half and half) stirred in at the end.
- Versatile –Â This easy tortellini soup shines as the main dish but it can also be a fun appetizer or side.
How to Make Tortellini Soup:
Sauté Onion: Melt oil and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add garlic and stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
Add Tomatoes and Seasoning: Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Taste broth and adjust seasonings if needed.
Cook Tortellini: Bring soup to a gentle boil and then add the tortellini. Cook for a few minutes, until tortellini are tender.
Add Spinach and Cream: Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
Serve: Enjoy this vegetarian tortellini soup topped with chopped basil and fresh parmesan cheese. Serve warm with Easy Homemade Breadsticks.
Freezing and Storing Instructions:
To Store: Keep spinach tortellini soup covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
To Freeze: Make the cheese tortellini soup up to step 3 (before adding the tortellini). Allow it to cool, and store it in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. To reheat, heat the soup until boiling, add the tortellini, and cook for a few minutes until tender. Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
Recipe Variations:
- Sausage Tortellini Soup: We often like to add cooked ground sausage to this recipe. Cook it with the onion in step 1.
- More veggies: This is a great recipe to add extra produce from your fridge that needs to be used up. While sautéing the onion you could also add celery, shredded carrot, baby broccoli, chopped kale, chopped zucchini.
- Crockpot Tortellini Soup: Sauté onion then add to crockpot. Add remaining ingredients except for tortellini, spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream. Cook for 4-5 hours, then add the tortellini the last 30 minutes. Add spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream a few minutes before serving.
More Tortellini Recipes:
- One Pan Creamy Lemon Chicken Tortellini
- Roasted Red Pepper Tortellini Pasta
- Vegetable Tortellini Soup
- Creamy Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad
- Southwest Tortellini Pasta Salad
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Recipe
Creamy Tortellini Soup
Equipment
- Dutch Oven , or large pot
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 onion , diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes , to taste
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 8 ounces cheese tortellini (the refrigerated kind)
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach leaves (packed)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves , chopped
Instructions
- Add oil and butter to a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic. Stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
- Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Taste broth and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Bring mixture to a gentle boil and then add the tortellini. Cook for a few minutes, until tortellini are tender.
- Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
- Add chopped basil. Serve warm.
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I first shared this recipe December 2014. Updated August 2019 and January 2023.
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Excellent recipe!! I added grated carrots and diced celery as suggested in the variations. I did not have the canned tomatoes so I diced a few from my garden as a substitute…Served it with warm, crusty baguette. Husband said he can’t wait ’til I make it again. 5 stars!!
So easy and so good!
This was delicious! I love a quick recipe with things I usually have on hand. I used frozen tortellini and fresh kale from the garden and it was SO good. Next time I’ll put a little less cream. Thank you!!
This was amazing! I halved the spinach and added maybe half a cup or so of frozen peas but otherwise made it exactly as written. Served with garlic bread — big hit!
Made this tonight ŵith no modifications. It was quick, easy, and very tasty.
This soup is soo soo good! Lauren Allen’s recipes have turned me into a soup lover!!
Thank you, Lauren!!
This is super easy to throw together when you’re looking for something warm and hearty. One of the best soups I’ve ever had!
This was too easy and absolutely delicious!! I served it with warm olive oil focaccia bread. Perfect to clean the bowl with! What a wonderful ‘anytime’ meal, but especially great for the busy work week! Thank you!!
Made this soup yesterday exactly as written except used canned unsweetened coconut milk in place of heavy cream. My wife and I had it tonight for dinner with a salad, absolutely soup will be making it again!
This was absolutely delicious!! It is a perfect fall soup!
Thank you!
I was halfway through making this when I realized I didn’t have diced tomatoes….so I used a can of Rotel instead! It gave it a bit of spice, but I wouldn’t do it again.
Delicious recipe that I will definitely make again, with regular tomatoes instead of rotel next time!
I made this with a cup more of broth and a bit more tortellini and cream, and it came out lovely! Couldn’t help but have seconds!!
Made this exactly the way you outlined, except I added a French Baguette because I love a good crusty bread with good homemade soup. I’m in a good food coma. CK
Delicious and perfect easy weeknight meal for the whole family. I added ground sausage – 10/10 recommend!
Delicious! Changes I did was to add 1/2 lb of Italian sausage, used 4 cups of broth instead of 3, a 28 oz can chopped tomatoes, doubled the tortellini, and used Romano cheese instead of Parmesan. Was quick and easy.
Such delicious soup! Super simple, goes together quick. One of my favorite meals for sure!
This was fantastic! My husband is not a ‘soup person’ but he said this is one of his favorites! I used the 20 oz of tortellini (chicken and cheese) and left out the basil – still wonderfully rich and delicious. I’m making it for my in-laws this weekend and if that doesn’t speak to how good it is, nothing will!
I made this tonight and it was fantastic! Skipped the onion because one of my kids doesn’t like them, but used onion powder instead. I also used 20 oz of tortellini because you can never have too much tortellini. Garlic bread for dipping and dinner was done.
Used turkey Italian sausage and frozen spinach. Forgot to add the cream! Still a delish bowl of soup especially on a cold winter night.
This soup was delicious and so easy to make. I made it with sausage and it was a huge hit with my husband.
I made this tonight. So delicious and I had everything in the house! My new favorite soup 🤩
Are you kidding me?!?! This is AMAZING! Soooo delicious! I think I just found my favorite new recipe 😋
Hurray!!! Thanks for coming back to comment!
This is a great recipe! I didn’t have 1/2 & 1/2 nor cream so I used evaporated milk and added sour cream at the end. No curdling and soooooo tasty. I will add this to my favourites!
So quick and easy. I had everything in my pantry, freezer (ravioli) or fridge already. I added a tablespoon of brown sugar to give it a touch of sweetness. Love the fresh spinach in it.
I was thrilled with how quick and delicious this soup was. There wasn’t a drop of left overs. We will definitely be making this soup again.
Always a go to favorite!
This was delicious but mine thickened quickly and was not as liquidy. Just wanted to confirm
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This was delicious and easy! I might’ve had seconds.
Loved it!!! Recipe is super easy and tastes restaurant quality. My husband loved it and I will make it again soon. Next time I will add grilled chicken.
Really easy to make, restaurant quality! Looks great and tastes wonderful. I used fire-roasted chopped tomatoes and puréed a bit in the food processor.
Made this soup for all my kids before Thanksgiving Day and so delicious. Served with Garlic Bread and a salad, very easy and so so yummy !
Would highly recommend this on a rainy or snowy day!
This was absolutely delicious
This looks so yummy! I’m going to a Girls Night this week and I want to make this for the first time. If I were to add a meat (it’s going to be the main course and I would like to add a protein) what do you suggest? I’d love your input as I don’t want to mess up this delicious-looking dish!
Hi Beckie, that sounds fun! I’d suggest adding grilled chicken. Hope everyone enjoys it!
Thanks Lauren!
Follow-up! I ended up doing two batches, so I did one with shredded grilled chicken breast added and also a batch with Italian sausage added! Both were really good, but the batch with the sausage disappeared very fast! It added a little kick of spice to an already delicious recipe! Thanks again Lauren!
Great recipe! The whole family loved it!
This looks and sounds wonderful.
So I got an electric pressure cooker and I LOVE it. I bet this recipe could be adapted for it. Looks delicious!
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This looks so good! My boys have become picky eaters lately but the one thing they will eat is soup. Pinning for later 🙂
This recipe is great. It’s fast and tasty. When I want a more healthy soup I add turnips, zucchini whatever I think works…Great Soup!
There really would be no need for a Pressure cooker for such a fast and easy recipe..JMO
Thank you for sharing this recipe