Tortellini Soup with Beans and Chard

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I don’t like tomato soup. I know, it’s blasphemous, right? It’s just that I need stuff in my soup.

This soup has a lot of (good) stuff in it—tortellini, cannelini beans, and swiss chard. It’s sort of reminiscent of pasta fagioli but a little more…bulky. (That is a very accurate and oft-used term in culinary arena, trust me).

This soup is very rustic and comforting, and all the flavors come together nicely. I used herbs de Provence, but Italian seasoning or simply your favorite combination of herbs could easily be used here instead. In fact, this soup is interchangeable in many ways—use your favorite kind of pasta, herbs, leafy greens. Whatever you have on hand.

Although fresh tortellini would be great in this, I used dried because I picked it up on a whim at Trader Joe’s a couple weeks ago (I seem to always pick up at least 2-3 things on a whim there). I used a Parmesan rind in this soup, as I often do with soups like this one. If you have a wedge of Parm (or Romano) and don’t find an immediate need for the rind, you can freeze them for when you do need them. I tend to always have one or two sitting in my freezer, although I’m currently fresh out, which means it’s high time we polish off a wedge of cheese.

Tortellini Soup with Beans and Chard

19 thoughts on “Tortellini Soup with Beans and Chard

  1. My mom used to make us tortellini soup when we were little but it consisted of only tortellini and chicken broth. I love this amped up version…it has all of my favorite comfort food flavors!

  2. Totally with you on needing stuff in my soup, which is why I always put a TON of crumbled crackers and little cubes of cheese in the bowl if I’m having tomato soup.
    This looks delicious!

  3. Ah, see, I love tomato soup, but I also require stuff in it – preferably macaroni noodles. I definitely wouldn’t turn down a bowl of this bulky soup though!

  4. Yummmmmmmmmmm. This looks incredible. Totally trying it.

    Have you tried Ina’s pappa alla pomodoro? It’s a wonderful chunky tomato soup, and one of my very favorites.

  5. This reminds me of a recipe I have from Cooking Light in which they use basil. I like the idea of adding chard or kale.

  6. We had this last night for dinner and it was delicious! I did make a few changes – baby spinach instead of chard since that is what I had on hand, frozen tortellini, and since I was out of beans, I added little “meatballs” made with turkey sausage. The broth was very flavorful and the soup was nice and hearty. I only like tomato soup as a condiment – for dipping my grilled cheese. 🙂

  7. Just made this and it was so good. I just had one question. Do you use the stalks from the Swiss Chard. I wasn’t sure so I left them out.

    1. If they are really thick, I usually discard them, or just use the parts closest to the leaves. Glad you liked the soup!

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