Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, meatball tortellini stew. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a large bowl, combine the egg, spinach, bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Serve steaming hot with Parmesan cheese on top.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have meatball tortellini stew using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Meatball Tortellini Stew:

1. Prepare 1 lb extra lean ground beef
2. Get 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
3. Get 1 egg
4. Take 1 tsp salt
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
6. Get 1/4 tsp parsley
7. Make ready 2 tbsp oil
8. Get 1 onion chopped
9. Get 4 cups beef broth. I added an extra cup of water
10. Take 1 can (16 oz) diced tomatoes
11. Take 1 can (16 oz) kidney beans
12. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
13. Take 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
14. Make ready 1 cup finely diced carrots
15. Take 1 cup finely diced celery
16. Make ready 1 pkg (9 oz) tortellini with cheese filling

While I'm calling this a meatball and tortellini soup, I'd actually say that it's more like a meatball and tortellini stew. It's thick, hearty, and full of pasta and meatballs (without much broth). The sauce tastes rich and homemade, as though it's been simmering on the stove all day in an Italian grandmother's kitchen. In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil.

Instructions to make Meatball Tortellini Stew:

1. Combine the beef, bread crumbs, egg, salt, pepper and parsley. Shape into 1 inch meatballs.
2. Heat oil in soup pot. Add meatballs. Brown on all sides, rolling them around. Remove and reserve
3. Add onion to pot. Cook. Stirring until soft. Stir in need broth, tomatoes with liquid, oregano, basil, carrots and celery.
4. Cover. Bring to a boil. Then simmer about 15 minutes or until vegetables are about done.
5. Add the kidney beans and the tortellini. Cook for about 6 minutes
6. Return meatballs to the stew. Simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Serve hot with Parmesan cheese to put on top
8. You can put frozen chopped spinach in with the beef for the meatballs. Make sure it's thawed and we'll drained.

In addition to store-bought tortellini, this recipe also uses frozen, store-bought Italian meatballs. If you have a favorite meatball recipe, feel free to use it. However, when I need something quick and easy, using refrigerated pasta and frozen meatballs becomes a big time-saver. If the tortellini or meatballs you purchase are fresh and not frozen, you can cut down on the cook time for this by at least and hour and a half. This can be made on the stovetop as well.

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