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!
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.
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.
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.
Enjoy!
Creamy Sausage Tortellini with Spinach, Tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese sauce
Ingredients
- 16 oz Italian pork sausage or regular, fresh, uncooked, I used Jimmy Dean brand
- 14 oz diced tomatoes
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- â…› teaspoon paprika
- 2 cups cheese tortellini
- 2 cups spinach uncooked
- 1 cup half and half
- ¼ cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
- salt to taste
Instructions
- 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.
- Add diced tomatoes (with the liquid from the can of diced tomatoes) to the skillet. Add red pepper flakes, paprika. Mix on low simmer.
- In a separate pan, cook tortellini according to the package instructions. Drain, and add them to the pan with the sausage and tomatoes.
- 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 ¼ cup mozzarella cheese and stir until the cheese melts.
- Taste, and add salt, extra paprika, and extra crushed red pepper flakes, if needed, to taste.
Nutrition
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I found this recipe on Pinterest and it’ll definitely be in my normal rotation of dinners. So so flavorful and easy! The only tweak I did was add about a half cup of tomato sauce since we like it saucy. Big hit with my picky husband. Thank you!
Marissa, glad you found this recipe on Pinterest and gave it try! Thank you for taking the time to share such a positive comment and the 5-star review! 🙂 🙂
Wow! Best thing we’ve put in our mouths in a while!
Barb, I am so glad this recipe was enjoyed! Thank you for the 5-star review!
My husband works evenings and sometimes I find it difficult to come up with different ideas he can re warm up without the food getting soggy! This is one of our absolute favorites and always a go to. Leftovers are just as good! Thank you for sharing. I’m hoping to find other ideas from you!
Ashley, Your comment made my day! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!
Super good! I added extra cheese, because I love cheese. It was so easy to make. I will make this for a Sunday dinner with the kids!
Shelley, I am so glad you tried this recipe and liked it! Thanks for taking the time to leave such wonderful feedback!
Made this for my birthday dinner and wasn’t disappointed. This dish was an instant family favorite. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us. I’ll be following for more like it.
Pam, you are very welcome! And, I want to thank you for taking the time to write such a wonderful and positive comment! 🙂
Very nice and tasty!!
Marina, I am happy you liked it! 🙂
I used this recipe as a foundation for the one below and HOLY it's good!
Cook cubed chicken in sun dried tomato oil with paprika, crushed red chili flakes, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper.
Remove the chicken and set aside. Keep the oil and drippings in pan. Add can of diced tomatos and juice, add 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes to that same pan, 3 cups of chicken broth. I salted this again and peppered. Bring to a boil.
Once boiling, add package tortellini. Keep boiling on high heat for 7 minutes. You want most of the liquid evaporated by then. During this time i heated up a cup of heavy whipping cream seperately until warm. Once the 7 minutes is up, if more than a half a cup of liquid is left.. ur heats probably not high enough. But don't overcook the tortellini!
Add the cup of warm heavy cream to it and 2 cups spinach. Throw your chicken back in to the mix. Add 1 tablespoon of crushed garlic. Bring to a boil then cook on medium low until thick and Creamy . About 4 to five minutes. At the end use about 3/4 cup of mozzarella!
Kelly, I love-love your version! I spent like 10 minutes reading your version. You made it a one-pan recipe with chicken! Sounds so good!
Made this for dinner last night - delicious!!! I used Italian style turkey sausage, fire roasted diced tomatoes, and added 2 cloves of minced garlic. So good!
Penny, I love that you made this recipe with turkey sausage - sounds so good!
Interested, but don’t like sausage. Or meat, really. Any suggestions for substitutions? Or could I do everything but the meat?
Hi Diane,
One option would be to use mushrooms (such as regular button mushrooms or Portabello) instead of sausage.
Another option is to try Hot Italian Beyond Meat sausage instead of regular sausage: https://www.beyondmeat.com/en-US/products/beyond-sausage?variant=hot-italian
Delicious! My husband ate seconds. Will make this again.
Thank you, Sandy, for your positive comment - I appreciate it! 🙂