Tortellini Soup ?

[MsDisney23]

How do you make yours? I want to make a pot this morning for DH.

 

[Honu]

That is a all day or 2 day project for me, because I don't like commercial chicken stock and broths. For tortellini soup I add only a veal tortellini and some chopped flat parsley, but I also use this stock for chicken noodle soup with meat, noodles, carrots, etc.

Stock

1-2 tsp whole black peppercorns
6 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 large dried bay leaf (or 2 small)
1-2 cloves of garlic, cut in half
1 large yellow onion, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, scrubbed and quartered
2 stalks celery cut in half
4 lbs cut up chicken
1.5 lbs chicken wings
1.5 lbs chicken backs
12 cups (2 - 48 ounce cans) low-sodium chicken broth

1. Brown all chicken pieces in a large stock pot until light brown. Top with peppercorns, parsley, bay leaf, onion, carrots, celery, stock and 6 cups of cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and gently simmer for 1 hour. Skim the surface, as needed with a spoon.

2. Remove the meat from pot and return the bones to the stock. Continue to simmer the stock on the very low heat for 3 hours, skimming as needed. Remove from heat and carefully strain the stock through a colander lined with clean cheesecloth. Place stock in large stock pot and bring back to a simmer.