Lasagna Soup at Home

Comforting up with a bowl of Lasagna Soup! Everything you love about lasagna, like Italian sausage, ricotta and marinara in one comforting bowl of soup! Serve with torn bread or breadsticks. This recipes serves 6 to 8.

The weather has taken a sudden dip into the low 50’s and I’m here for it.

It’s why September is my regular month. I can get away with wearing fireside sweaters, light fall scented candles and eat a different soup every night of the week. For example I’ve already made 4 soups and have so many more planned. Hope you don’t mind.

Needless to say, this lasagna soup is striking. It’s hard to pick what A regular here most (Italian sausage and ricotta 😂) because every bite is satisfying. And with so much going on it still easily falls under the unfussy soup category. And if that doesn’t convince you, it’s a soup you can enjoy a glass of wine with.

In my book that’s a win-win situation.

To cook this Lasagna Soup Set out:

• olive oil
• yellow onion
• garlic
• hot Italian sausage
• tomato paste
• Italian seasoning
• chianti
• marinara
• low-sodium chicken broth
• parmesan cheese
• heavy cream
• reginetti pasta or broke lasagna noodles
• kosher salt
• ricotta cheese, for serving
• fresh parsley or basil, for serving

First things first, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Meanwhile, in a dutch oven add; 2 teaspoons olive oil plus 1 medium chopped onion, and 2 cloves minced garlic with a pinch of kosher salt.

Next add in 8 ounces hot italian sausage.

Use a wooden spatula to break up the sausage and cook until browned and no longer pink.

Next, add in 2 tablespoons tomato paste and 1-1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning.

Stir and cook for 1 minute.

Pour in 1/4 cup chianti wine. If you don’t drink wine, you can use chicken broth or water even.

Scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

Add in 3 cups marinara.

1 quart (4 cups) low-sodium chicken broth and 2 cups water.

Stir, cover and bring to a simmer. Once at a low bubble, uncover and cook 10 to 15 minutes.

This is when I suggest dropping the pasta in to the waiting pot of boiling water.

For lasagna soup I use 8 ounces reginetti pasta but broken lasagna noodles would work great too.

Once the soup has simmered, add in 1/3 freshly grated parmesan cheese and 1/4 cup heavy cream.

Stir and once the pasta has cooked and is al dente, drain and add it in as well.

Ladle soup into bowls and top with a spoonful of ricotta and freshly grated parmesan. Garnish with minced parsley and basil – I like using smaller basil leaves, but that’s simply me.

Ta-da! Lasagna in soup form! The contrast in texture between the italian sausage, pasta and ricotta is SO deeply good! So much flavor with particularly little effort.

That’s my kind of recipe.

Normally I serve this with ciabatta breadsticks but torn crusty loaf of Italian bread would also be lovely.

Enjoy! And if you give this Lasagna Soup recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!