Mum shares her recipe for tortellini and beef soup – and she made it entirely from pantry essentials
As more people around the globe prepare for quarantine due to the coronavirus crisis, some are sticking to low-budget recipes prepared in bulk to feed their families.
One woman shared her recipe for Italian tortellini and beef soup to an Australian Facebook group revealing how she made it for just $3.10 per serve.
‘Great meal for home isolation as it is mostly pantry ingredients. This meal cost $22 and made seven adult sized meals ($3.10 a serve),’ the woman wrote in the caption.
One woman shared her recipe to an Australian Facebook group revealing how to make Italian tortellini and beef soup – which only cost her $22 in total
The woman said the dish could cost as little as $15, however, if a lower budget pasta was used instead.
‘Cost could be $15 to $18 if you used a [cheaper] ravioli. I used Rana which is quite expensive (but we love it). Ragueletto would be a good inexpensive option though!’ she wrote.
To make the inexpensive meal, the mum said she first chopped the onion, carrots, garlic and mince.
She then placed the staple ingredients in a large soup pot to sauté on a medium heat.
The woman said to dish could cost as little as $15 if a budget ravioli was used instead. To make the inexpensive meal, the mum first chopped the onion, carrots garlic and mince before placing the ingredients in a large soup pot to sauté on a medium heat
Next she poured in the tomato paste, spices and cooked until slightly brown before adding the crushed tomato, water, beef stock cubes, kidney beans, balsamic vinegar and sweet and sour sauce.
Once the vegetables softened the mum added spinach, basil and tortellini to the pot and left it to simmer on a low heat for ten minutes.
Prior to removing the pot from the stove she ensured the pasta was cooked through and then served it in a bowl with parmesan cheese on top.
She then poured in the tomato paste, spices and cooked until slightly brown before adding the crushed tomato, water, stock cubes, kidney beans, balsamic vinegar and sweet and sour sauce
Prior to removing the pot from the heat she ensured the pasta was cooked through then served in a bowl with parmesan cheese on top
Thousands of other social media users said they were excited to try the recipe for themselves.
‘Rana are absolutely delicious! I like stocking up on the rare occasions it goes on special,’ one said.
‘It looks delicious and nutritious! I will save the recipe and make it too,’ another woman commented.
A third added: ‘Looks amazing! My partner hates soups unless [it’s] super thick like that!’
Source: Food Recipes and News
