Creamy Sausage Tortellini
This quick and easy one pot dish is the perfect last minute dinner idea to satisfy your tastebuds. Grab this recipe and enjoy, I bet you have most of these ingredients in your fridge!
Ingredients
- 2 10oz Packaged Spinach Tortellini
- 16 oz Ground Italian Sausage Jimmy Dean Spicy
- 6 oz Spinach
- ½ small White Onion
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 1.5 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 16 oz Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 14.5 oz Can Diced Tomatoes
- 2 TB Chopped Parsley
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- Boil water in large pot for tortellini.
- Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium/high heat.
- Add in chopped onion + garlic and sauté thoroughly until cooked. Drain excess fat and return sausage to pan.
- Add can of diced tomatoes, stir to combine.
- Gradually add several handfuls of spinach to meat mixture and allow spinach to wilt. Add more and repeat this process until entire bag is empty.
- Add heavy cream and stir.
- While meat and cream mixture simmers (continue to stir), pasta water should be boiling. Add pasta to boiling water and follow instructions on package.
- While pasta cooks, add mozzarella cheese to meat and cream mixture, add salt + pepper to taste and stir. Turn off heat.
- Drain pasta and combine with sauce. Add 1-2 tablespoons of parsley and stir till well combined. **can top with additional cheese if desired** 🙂
- Enjoy!