What’s Cooking In My Kitchen: Italian Tortellini Stracciatella Soup

ByHelloIm50ish

Italian Tortellini Stracciatella Soup

It’s soup season! Especially now as the weather has gotten colder. Just last week, I made chicken tortilla soup for the family and served it with a salad. Since soups can be a one-dish meal, it’s my favorite way to cook in the fall and winter. So today, I’m sharing my mother-in-law’s Italian Tortellini Stracciatella soup with you. This Italian Tortellini Stracciatella soup (Italian egg drop soup) recipe is rich in chicken broth, tortellini, spinach, Parmesan cheese, and scrambled eggs.

Stracciatella, also known as Stracciatella Alla Romana, is an Italian soup consisting of meat broth and tiny shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring. It is famous around Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. Here I’m adding tortellini to my stracciatella soup recipe.

Italian Tortellini Stracciatella Soup

Stracciatella Soup with tortellini

Ingredients:

  • 16 cups unsalted chicken broth
  • One tablespoon of sea salt
  • 1 pound of cheese tortellini ( I use Rana’s Family Size 18 oz. Tortellini)
  • 5 oz of fresh spinach
  • Two eggs
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • Grated Parmesan served with soup

Instructions:

  1. Start by pouring the chicken broth into a stockpot—season with one tablespoon of sea salt (ONLY if you used unsalted broth). Bring to a boil and then lower to medium-high heat.
  2. Add in 1 pound of cheese tortellini. While the tortellini is cooking, begin to rip apart the spinach (I used one big bag) into the soup. Stir all together. Tortellini should be ready in 7 minutes.
  3. In a separate bowl, scramble two eggs.
  4. With the heat on low, stir slowly and constantly as you pour in the scrambled egg mixture. Season the soup with black pepper.
  5. Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese over the soup, and enjoy!

Tortellini Stracciatella

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14 Comments

  1. Yes! My mom made a very similar soup and it was always one of my favorites. So simepl

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      I am so happy to hear someone else loves this simple soup!

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  2. Liz Klebba, AICI-CIC says:

    Oh, Robin! I LOVE zuppa stracciatella! I’ve never thought to put in tortellini… I know what’s on the menu this weekend. Thank you!

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      I am so happy that you’re going to try this recipe Liz!
      Even ravioli work!

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  3. this sounds yummy! I’ve read several of the soup recipes today that use the cheese tortellini! Yum!

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      Nothing better than cheese tortellini soups Lisa!
      Who knew we’d all be sharing tortellini soup recipes!

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  4. This would have to be one of my favourite soups ever. It’s supreme comfort in a bowl. If I see it on a menu I order it – not that I see it very often here in Australia. It takes me back t when my husband and I were dating and a restaurant in Canberra used to do it. Yum.

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      I am so happy that this recipe reminds you of the time when you were dating your husband!
      So sweet Jo!

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  5. Oh, my gravy, what a delicious, easy recipe. And I like that it is not tomato based. You had me with the description that it is an Italian egg drop soup. And I could eat that whole bowl and that block of cheese right this minute. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and linking up some of your other kitchen deliciousness with us. And thanks for joining the blog hop and recipe swap.

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      Thank you Leslie for inviting me!
      I think our readers enjoy seeing our favorite recipes!
      Sometimes family recipes need to be shared!

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      I hope you do try his easy and delicious soup recipe!

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  7. I love cooking up soups and stews in the winter but sadly two of my boys wont eat them so I try not to have them more than a few times a month.

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    1. HelloIm50ish says:

      I completely understand Joanne.
      We only make food that our family will eat.
      I make meatloaf when my husband is traveling because he’s not a fan of the Quaker Oat version.
      He loves my Italian stuffed meatloaf but not the one I grew up with.

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