One Pot Spicy Sausage Tortellini
This tortellini is cooked in a rich and spicy sausage sauce which all comes together in one pot!
Servings: 4
Cost: £3 / $4
Equipment
- Sharp Knife & Chopping Board
- Large Pot & Wooden Spoon
- Fine Cheese Grater
- Jug (for stock)
Ingredients
- drizzle of Olive Oil
- 2 Shallots, finely diced
- 4 cloves of Garlic, finely diced
- 400g / 14oz Sausage Meat (see notes)
- 2 tbsp Tomato Puree (Tomato Paste in US)
- 1 tsp Dried Chilli Flakes (see notes)
- 1x 400g/14oz can of Chopped Tomatoes
- 240ml / 1 cup Chicken Stock
- 240ml / 1 cup Double/Heavy Cream, at room temp
- 500g / 1lb uncooked fresh Cheese Tortellini (see notes)
- 2 heaped tbsp finely diced Fresh Parsley, plus more to serve if desired
- 20g / 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus more to serve if desired
- 100g / 3.5oz Baby Spinach Leaves, large stalks removed if desired
- Salt & Pepper, as needed
Instructions
- Add a drizzle of oil to a large pot over medium heat. Add the shallots and fry for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and fry for 30 seconds (you're not looking to colour either at this point). Add the sausage and break it up with your wooden spoon until golden and cooked through. You can raise the heat a little to caramelise the sausage if needed, just be careful you don't burn the shallots/garlic.
- Stir in the chilli flakes and tomato puree and fry for a minute, then stir in the chopped tomatoes, stock and cream. Add in the uncooked tortellini and simmer for 5 or so minutes, gently stirring now and then until the sauce begins to thicken and the tortellini is almost cooked.
- Stir in the parmesan and parsley until it blends with the sauce, then stir in the spinach until it begins to wilt. At this point the tortellini should be perfectly al dente and the sauce should no longer be watery. If you need to, you can stir in a splash of hot stock or water to thin out the sauce/cook the tortellini a little more.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, then serve up and enjoy!
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Notes
a) Sausage - I squeeze the meat from some pork sausages, although you can use ready minced/ground sausage meat if you'd prefer. I use neutral-flavoured ones, although you can experiment with different flavours if you'd like (anything herby/Italian would work great). I use 400g/14oz as that's the weight of most packs of sausages, but if whatever you find is 500g/1lb that's absolutely fine.
b) Spice - 1 tsp chilli flakes gives a good kick of spice, but it shouldn't be overbearing. If at all wary just start off with less and add more at the end. Much easier to add more than take them out!
c) Tortellini - I usually buy 2 packs of tortellini from Sainsbury's which are literally called 'Cheese Tortelloni' (very affordable too). I have tried this with Spinach and Ricotta, which is more widely available and also works nicely.
d) Calories - Whole recipe divided by 4 assuming no extra parmesan.
Nutrition
Calories: 992kcal | Carbohydrates: 69.48g | Protein: 35.83g | Fat: 64.16g | Saturated Fat: 30.299g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.653g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23.684g | Trans Fat: 0.044g | Cholesterol: 214mg | Sodium: 1489mg | Potassium: 827mg | Fiber: 5.3g | Sugar: 6.68g | Vitamin A: 3892IU | Vitamin C: 24.4mg | Calcium: 357mg | Iron: 4.65mg