This Italian Sausage Soup is insanely delicious and easy to make, and even your picky eaters will love it. A creamy-pasta-filled meal made with a tomato base & flavorful Italian sausage.
This recipe for Italian Soup is one of our family favorites. We love cheese, and the more cheese a recipe has, the more we love it.
This Italian Soup is one of my favorites because it’s loaded with cheese. And besides the cheese, another great thing about this soup recipe is how easy it is to make.
I love being able to quickly whip up an amazing meal using only a few ingredients. This is perfect for busy weeknights when I need to get dinner on the table fast, or if I’m taking a dish to pass at a friend’s house. It’s also a nice change from more traditional Italian fare like lasagna or spaghetti.
To me, some of the best comfort food is cheesy pasta. The more cheese and sauce, the better. I love how simple they are to make – just throwing everything in a pot and letting it simmer.
This Creamy Italian Sausage Soup is the perfect meal for any occasion. It’s hearty enough to be the main course but can also serve as an appetizer or first course at a party. The soup is very easy to make and only requires a few simple ingredients. Plus, it makes a lot so you’ll definitely have leftovers if you’re not serving a large group.
I created this soup to be easy, so I used a jarred marinara sauce. This both simplifies the recipe and ingredient list, as well as adds tons of flavor. You could absolutely use your own homemade sauce too.
Additionally, while you could easily use any sort of pasta, I grabbed penne noodles because they are aesthetically pleasing in the soup and don’t get mushy like some other kinds of pasta can. Finally, to make this dish cheesy and creamy Mozzarella cheese was used.
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Creamy Italian Sausage Soup
Ingredients
- 16 ounces mild Italian sausage
- 1/2 large yellow onion diced
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 jar Barilla Marinara Sauce
- 1/2 lb Barilla Penne Pasta
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups half and half, heavy cream or whole milk
- 29 ounces whole tomatoes
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 3 cups shredded Gambilin Mozzerella cheese
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- In a large pot fill with 6 cups of water and cook pasta according to package directions.
Once pasta is completely cooked, rinse with cold water and drain. Set pasta aside for later. - Using the same pot, heat 2 tablespoon olive oil. Once heated add sausage, onion and garlic; cook until sausage is completely cooked through.
- Drain grease from sausage and set sausage aside.
- Place the same pot over medium-high heat and add chicken broth, whole tomatoes – squeezing the whole tomatoes with your hand so that it breaks them up as you are pouring them in the the pan, diced tomatoes, Barilla marinara sauce, Italian seasoning and heavy cream. Bring to a slow boil, stirring constantly, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add in sausage mixture, butter, 2 cups shredded Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Simmer over medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Stir every few minutes so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Remove from heat. Stir in remaining shredded Mozzarella cheese. Stir in the pasta and serve immediately.I love to top the soup with a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper and Italian seasoning.
Oh my goodness girl! This soup sounds so hearty and delicious. The more cheese the merrier in my world too. I’m going to save this one to have this weekend. Thank you!
I hope you enjoyed it!
Oh wow, so creamy!!
It started snowing here last night, so I was craving comfort food today. This was so perfect 🙂
Thank you! We had a foot of snow here that day too, crazy right! Soup is definitely the best on cold days. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
This has been a hit every time I have made it!
So glad to hear that!
This sounds marvelous, just the kind of soup my family loves!
Thank you!
Cheesy, creamy and delicious!
Thank you!
This Italian Sausage Soup couldn’t look any more perfect!
Thank you!
WOW! SO creamy and delicious! I can’t wait to try this!
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!
This looks SO flavorful!!!!!!
Enjoy!
My family loved the creaminess!!!
So glad to hear that!
This looks so hearty & delicious! Wish I had a bowl of this right now! Will surely enjoy this soon!
Thank you, I hope you do enjoy!
To avoid a trip to the store…wondering if it would work to use Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce and only diced tomatoes??
Hi Nicole! You can use pasta sauce with sausage, however you’ll find the soup won’t have as much sausage as in the recipe. The only issue with using diced tomatoes is that they are packed in juice, whereas whole canned tomatoes are packed in puree or sauce. If you use all diced tomatoes it will be very watery! You can instead sub a large can of tomato sauce, and if you want more chunks you can use an extra can of drained diced tomatoes.
I love soup in the winter time always filling I love it more when they change up a bit thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
This recipe is insanely delicious. When I made it i cut off the rind of the parmesan and added it to the pot while the soup stews. It adds to much umami flavor! Highly recommend it.
That sounds like an amazing idea! What a great way to use the rind that’s usually overlooked. So glad you enjoyed the soup!
delicious soup,it so yummy i tried at my home.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
Made it exactly the way you said, the famiy LOVED it!! We put croutons on top. Def going to be making this alot this winter!!
Topping it with croutons sounds so delicious! So glad you loved it!
This is my kind of soup, perfect comfort food!
It really is! Enjoy!
This looks so delicious and perfect for this semi-cold weather we’ve been having here! I can’t wait to make this! My family is going to love this recipe!
It definitely is perfect for cold evenings! I hope you and your family enjoy it!
This soup sounds so good right now! I want to have a big bowl of it!
Thank you! Enjoy!
This looks so creamy & comforting!
It definitely is! Enjoy!
I love soup season for recipes just like this one! Looking forward to warming up with this for dinner tonight, indeed!
I hope you enjoyed it!
Who doesn’t love a warm soup during this cold weather! This one looks so inviting!
Thank you!
Going to make this this week but I live alone… does it refrigerate well? If not, maybe omitting the pasta would help? Sounds delicious!
It refrigerates well, you won’t have an issue. 🙂
Very yummy! Made exactly as directed and it turned out great. Will be making again!
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Do you drain the liquid off of the whole tomatoes and the diced tomatoes before adding?
No, we did not 🙂
can it be frozen to eat later?
If you do this, don’t freeze with the pasta in it – the pasta breaks apart a bit when you do that. If you freeze with the pasta just make that note to yourself, it still will taste might fine.