Sausage Orzo Italian Soup
Course: Main, SoupsCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: EasyServings
5
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
25
minutesIngredients
1 tbs olive oil
1/2 lb Italian sausage
1/2 white onion, diced
2 large carrots, diced
1 tbs minced garlic
3/4 cup orzo pasta
3 tbs tomato paste
14oz can diced tomatoes
5 cups chicken broth
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/3 cup heavy cream (optional)
Directions
- To a large pot or dutch oven add the olive oil, sausage, onion, carrots, and minced garlic. Break the sausage up and cook it through.
- Stir in orzo and tomato paste
- Now stir in diced tomatoes, chicken broth, and seasonings. Bring mixture up to a simmer *stir frequently so orzo doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot* and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until orzo is tender.
- Stir in heavy cream and enjoy! We like to sprinkle fresh parmesan on top.
Made this tonight and it was so good! Definitely use the heavy cream!
I am so excited to make this soup this weekend, but I have a silly question – is the heavy cream you are referring is that heavy whippping cream? I can’t seem to find just heavy cream. Thank you!
Yes! Heavy cream and heavy whipping are the same thing. I’m going to make this tonight as well!
Oh my goodness Julia! I made this for dinner tonight and was so delicious 10/10. My husband said “you need to print that out, write it down whatever, add it to your dinner meals.”
Threw in a lb of sausage rather than 1/2 a pound. Wish I just doubled the recipe instead!
So I’m gonna post a modification, basically a pasta version rather than soup, that I made cause my wife and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Figured I’d share with anyone interested. The original recipe (my comment from March 30) is good but I tried doubling it to feed some guests plus I accidentally dropped the box of open orzo that I had and I turned it into the following after that mishap:
1 tbs olive oil
1 lb Italian sausage
1/2 sweet onion, diced
A good number of baby carrots, diced (we just cut what seemed to be a good amount)
a dash of garlic powder (I don’t buy garlic in other forms)
3/4 cup orzo pasta
about 1.5-2 cups of penne (I didn’t measure this out fully)
6 tbs tomato paste
2 x 14oz can diced tomatoes
4 cups chicken broth
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/3 cup heavy cream
Pretty much followed the same instructions for the soup that Julia has up top but simmered/boiled for longer that way the penne can soften. My wife actually enjoyed this more than the original recipe.