When I think of comfort food Italian cuisine is always at the top of the list!
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🗝️ Key takeaways
- One pot meal means easy cleanup. Who doesn't love that?
- A near-instant meal (less than 30 minutes) that's fancy enough for company but simple enough for busy weeknights.
- This hearty ravioli soup will please the picky eaters in your family.
This hearty soup starts with a creamy, spicy tomato base that's loaded up with vegetables, ground beef, and cheese ravioli pasta. Best of all, the spinach tends to go unnoticed in all the goodness that surrounds it.
I love Italian food and this easy soup recipe hits all the marks. It's just as welcome on a chilly winter weeknight as it is on a blustery spring afternoon.
Try serving it in one of my homemade bread bowls for soup!
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full recipe with measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Variations
- Instead of chicken stock, you can use beef broth, chicken broth, or vegetable broth.
- The addition of about ½ cup tomato paste with add the both the flavor (if you like it very tomato-y) and the creaminess.
- Use vegetable stock and leave out the ground beef to make this vegetarian.
- You can use Italian sausage in place of the ground beef.
- Or, use small meatballs instead - appetizer sized should be about right.
- For more flavor mince some garlic cloves and add to the ground beef when cooking, or use garlic powder instead.
- Italian sausage, chicken sausage, or turkey sausage are delicious protein swaps for this soup recipe.
- Italian seasoning, fresh basil, and fresh herbs are great ways to add more flavor to this recipe.
- Want more spice in your soup? Add a dash of red pepper flakes to your recipe while it's simmering.
- Fresh tomatoes and diced bell pepper are a great way to add more vegetables to this dish.
- Toss in a few cloves of garlic.
🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Brown the ground beef and drain if needed. Add sauce and stock, and ground beef to a large pot.
- Add in the fresh or frozen ravioli to the broth mixture and until ravioli is tender.
- Stir in chopped spinach into hot soup until spinach wilts.
- Add in parmesan cheese, heavy cream, and season to taste. Ladle soup into bowls and top with more Parmesan.
🎥 Video
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🥫 How to store leftovers
Store this creamy ravioli soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. I've found that the leftover soup tastes even better the next day.
You can freeze this soup but the texture of the broth may change a little. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and heat slowly on the stove, stirring often, before serving.
💭 Things to know
Expert Tip: Deglaze the bottom of your pot once you add the chicken stock, by scraping all the little bits of flavor that are stuck on the bottom of the pan.
- If you are cooking with extra lean ground beef, add a small drizzle of extra virgin olive oil to your pot to prevent the beef from sticking while it browns.
- While you can use frozen or fresh ravioli, the frozen will hold up better.
- If you prefer a thinner soup add more broth.
- Cook the pasta until it is tender before adding the cream and cheese.
- Use mini ravioli if you want. It will stay on the spoon easier.
- Arrabbiata sauce is spicy - you can use your favorite marinara or spaghetti sauce, instead.
👩🍳 FAQs
It takes about 4-7 minutes for fresh ravioli and 9-12 minutes for frozen.
This soup doesn't need to simmer as you don't want to overcook the ravioli. Once the cheese is melted and the cream is warm this soup is ready to serve.
Tortellini is a small stuffed pasta that is round. Ravioli can be round or square and is stuffed with meat or cheese.
Just about anything! You can used any gluten free pasta, any sort of ravioli, macaroni, rotini... whatever you like!
📚 Related recipes
- Lasagna Soup is a great soup that has all the flavors of traditional lasagna without all the work.
- Old Fashioned Potato Soup is one of my favorite easy recipes to make on a chilly day.
- Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup is a hearty and filling meal that is perfect for winter days.
🍽️ Serve with...
- Homemade Garlic Knots are buttery, flavorful and make a delicious garlic bread side dish for this soup. These soft breadsticks are great, too.
- Italian Green Bean Salad is a fresh and tangy side salad that the entire family will enjoy.
- Vanilla Bundt Cake has a delicious brown butter flavor and is covered in a rich chocolate frosting, this moist cake is a great way to end a delicious meal.
📞 The last word
We love this delicious ravioli soup! It's a hearty comforting meal that will warm you to your soul.
And, I love easy one-pot meals with hardly any cleanup! This creamy Tuscan ravioli soup recipe is perfect for that.
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!
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📖 Recipe
Easy Ravioli Soup
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- 1 pound lean ground beef, 90/10 or 95/5
- 25 ounces arrabbiata pasta sauce, or your favorite pasta sauce
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 20 ounces cheese ravioli, frozen
- 6 cups baby spinach, chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated - plus more for garnish
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a large stock pot cook ground beef until no longer pink.
- Drain grease, if needed.
- Add chicken stock and arriabiata sauce and bring to a boil.
- Add ravioli and cook for about 5-7 minutes, or until ravioli is just tender.
- Stir in chopped spinach and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until spinach wilts.
- Slowly stir in heavy cream.
- Let soup come back up to a simmer and add the Parmesan cheese.
- Taste to check seasoning and add more salt and pepper if desired.
- Top each serving with a bit more Parmesan.
Notes
- If you are cooking with extra lean ground beef, add a small drizzle of extra virgin olive oil to your pot to prevent the beef from sticking while it browns.
- While you can use frozen or fresh ravioli, the frozen will hold up better.
- If you prefer a thinner soup add more broth.
- Cook the ravioli pasta until it is tender before adding the cream and cheese.
- Use mini ravioli if you want. It will stay on the spoon easier.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
First published February 22, 2022. Last updated February 4, 2024 for editorial improvements and added helpful information.
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