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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. I make this in a large 12 cup stock pot. | 2. Remove the casing from the sausages. | 3. tear in small pieces and fry with a small amount of olive oil. | 4. Cook 3/4 of the way through. | 5. Do the same with the meatballs unless you are using frozen precooked ones. | 6. Add in the diced onion once the sausage has started to fry. | 7. Set aside. | 8. In the stock pot add all the tomato juice, tomatoes,chicken stock,garlic and spices. | 9. Add in the sausages, onions and meat balls. | 10. Simmer for 2-3 hours tasting and adding your own herbs and salt and pepper to your liking. | 11. Add in the pasta shells and tortellini. | 12. Add in the tub of ricotta cheese stirring thoroughly. | 13. cook for approx 10 minutes. | 14. serve with Parmesan cheese and crusty bread. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato juice	1 3/8	3/8		85.1593	17.6831	4.258	1.4527
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
chicken broth	2 3/4			214.83	5.1975	30.6306	7.2072
onion	1			44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
italian sausage	6	hot		-	-	-	-
meatball	12 -15			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
shell pasta	2	cups		-	-	-	-
tortellini	1	package	filled	-	-	-	-
ricotta cheese	1	container		-	-	-	-
garlic	1	tablespoon	chopped	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
italian spice oregano				-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.