Cheese Tortellini with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce & Sweet Italian Sausage
September 3rd, 2007 by
Chef Mom
Quick, easy and tasty. The original recipe didn’t call for the Italian Sausage - you can leave it out for a vegetarian version.
Three Cheese Tortellini with Sausage & Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Barilla Recipe
1 8-oz bag Barilla Three Cheese Tortellini
3 oz Roasted Red Peppers, drained
1 cup Bertolli Alfredo Sauce
1 pkg Johnsonville Sweet Italian Sausage (use as much as you like - probably 2 or 3 links and freeze the rest for next time)
Remove skin from sausage links and cut into 1-inch pieces. Brown in skillet over medium heat. Remove from skillet and set aside.
Cook tortellini according to package directions. While tortellini cooks, puree red peppers in mini-chopper or food processor. Add Alfredo sauce and pepper puree to skillet, scraping bottom to loosen sausage bits. Add sausage pieces to sauce and heat through while tortellini finishes cooking.
Drain tortellini and stir in sauce.
Serves 4 generously.