Ingredients

• 1 pound pork sausage, or more to taste
• 1 small onion, diced (optional)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container beef broth
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (9 ounce) package cheese tortellini, or to taste

Instructions

1. Cook and stir sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove sausage from skillet, draining grease. Cut sausage into thin rounds.
2. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the same skillet until browned, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Combine sausage, onion mixture, beef broth, diced tomatoes, black pepper, Italian seasoning, and salt in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot, and simmer until soup flavors blend, about 1 hour.
4. Bring soup to a boil, add tortellini, and cook until tortellini are cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes.