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.
Making this tonight. Something quick and easy for a busy night. I look forward to it seeing all the wonderful comments. I am right along with you. Cheese makes everything better.
Oh my this soup is amazing. My whole family is in love. My Mom made this the other day and I wanted to try it. So many flavours. I did have to cut the cheese down because we are all sensitive to lactose. So I used lactose free milk and 1 1/2 cups of cheese and it was still so good. I also used fusilli pasta which as it expands and sits in the soups drinks up more liquid. So I added more broth later. As a side note My Mom canned the soup as it’s good fir 2 months to grab and eat for lunches. Thank you for this recipe
I am so happy you loved it xo
That is just the thing for the coming cold weather! It look so good, and I know my family is going to love a big bowl of this on a cold day.
This looks so creamy and full of flavor. I am so excited to make this for the family!
This Italian Sausage Soup looks incredibly delicious!
I made this more for my husband than myself a he is a huge fan of spicy sausage. Well, it was a hit. I am making this in my soup rotations for the winter … and he’s excited as it will be tomorrows dinner (expecting a snowstorm here in Atlantic Canada) so its a good day for a warm and delicious soup. Thanks again for this great recipe.
Soup is so flavorful and absolutely delicious!
This looks like it’s going to be another family favorite – on the menu for this week! 🙂
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I love how creamy and delicious this is! Thanks for the recipe! So good!
I love how creamy and delicious this soup is!! I would love a BIG bowl of this right now!! SO yummy!
YUM! This looks and sounds incredibly delicious!! I love the flavors!
This is just what we needed this chilly night. Easy to make and amazing flavor.
I was just wondering why a can of whole tomatoes and a can of diced tomatoes? Couldn’t you use all diced tomatoes?
I personally love the texture of the whole tomatoes – so I prefer that, but you can easily, do diced tomatoes as a substitute.
Thank you for your Creamy Itallian Sausage Soup
Mouthwatering! This soup is a symphony of flavors. The creamy texture alongside the hearty Italian sausage creates a divine combination.
You state that you can use whole milk in place of heavy or half and half but would that not curdle due to the acid in tomatoes. I would hate for someone to use that and have it happen. You need the higher fat to prevent that. Great recipe though. Almost similar to my lasagne soup but yours is heartier and much more tomatoes which I like. Will definitely try. Thank you.
I have used all three, whole milk, half & half and cream – all have worked and not have curdled.
Thanks its a best recipe!
ngl this Italian soup recipe is so good!!
Sounds delicious! Going to make it tonight, going food shoppingʻ now. How many ounces of marinara sauce?
thanks, can’t wait to eat this soup with some crispy garlic bread.
Wonderful creamy sausage soup Thanks
My favorite soup to make!
Can I do this in a crock pot slow cooker?
I haven’t done this, but I would imagine if you cook the meat – add the remaining ingredients and cook on low 3-4 hours, then add the cooked noodles at the end, it should turn out beautifully.
Fantastic soup. So easy and yummy. If I wanted to freeze this ahead of time for another day how would you suggest I do that?