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Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce

Published: Jun 14, 2017 | 37 Comments

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Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce – Italian style easy dinner! Buy those pre-made tortellini in the store, smother them with this delicious homemade creamy sauce, and your dinner is ready!

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Creamy Mozzarella, Sausage, Spinach, and Tomato Tortellini – easy, delicious pasta dinner that’s easy to make, yet it tastes like something you would get in a good Italian restaurant. You’ll love this recipe and the simplicity of how to make it.

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For this recipe, I used fresh pork sausage (uncooked), Jimmy Dean brand, the kind of sausage that comes uncooked in a sausage roll, 16 oz.  I used the regular pork sausage, and the Italian sausage can be used too. I like to use this kind of sausage, because it’s flavorful, simple, crumbly and easy to cook.

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Sausage is cooked first, the fat is drained, the diced tomatoes from the can (including the liquid from the can) are added.  Next, cook the tortellini, and add it to the same skillet.  Then, you pretty much combine the rest of the ingredients together. That’s how easy it is to make this sausage pasta dinner.

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Enjoy!

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Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce - Italian style easy dinner! Buy those pre-made tortellini in the store, smother them with this delicious homemade creamy sauce, and your dinner is ready! 

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 630 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
  • 16 oz Italian pork sausage or regular, fresh, uncooked, I used Jimmy Dean brand
  • 14 oz diced tomatoes
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/8 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 cups cheese tortellini
  • 2 cups spinach uncooked
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. In a large skillet, cook sausage, crumbling it and stirring, on medium heat until done and no longer pink. Drain the fat from the skillet.
  2. Add diced tomatoes (with the liquid from the can of diced tomatoes) to the skillet. Add red pepper flakes, paprika. Mix on low simmer.
  3. In a separate pan, cook tortellini according to the package instructions. Drain, and add them to the pan with the sausage and tomatoes.
  4. Add uncooked spinach, mix. Add half and half, bring to gentle boil, reduce to simmer, cover with lid and let spinach wilt for a couple of minutes, covered. Remove the lid, stir. Bring the mixture to a gentle medium boil. Add 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and stir until the cheese melts.
  5. Taste, and add salt, extra paprika, and extra crushed red pepper flakes, if needed, to taste.
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 630 Calories from Fat 387
% Daily Value*
Fat 43g66%
Saturated Fat 16g100%
Cholesterol 129mg43%
Sodium 1043mg45%
Potassium 630mg18%
Carbohydrates 30g10%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 29g58%
Vitamin A 1935IU39%
Vitamin C 14.8mg18%
Calcium 230mg23%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Cheese, Dinner, Mozzarella, Pasta, Pork, Recipe, Spinach, Tomatoes Published: Jun 14, 2017 37 Comments

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  1. Suzie M

    Oct 16, 2020 at 8:20 pm

    Delicious and so easy!!! Loved it!!!

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  2. Nan

    Oct 13, 2020 at 6:51 pm

    This was great. Used chicken sausage, but followed everything as posted. Gave some to a neighbor and she raved abou it. Will make again. Topped with some grated Parmesan.

    Reply
  3. Ellen

    Oct 12, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    This is a wonderful recipe. I don’t eat meat, so I substituted shrimp and used canned tomatoes with chilis to add a little kick!! HUGE success!

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  4. Rebecca

    Sep 13, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    Just made this. Did not have good half half…. so I used 2% with some cream cheese and used more mozzarella. It was DELICIOUS! My husband loved it! That with a salad !

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