TORTELLINI WITH TURKEY SAUSAGE IN CREAMY BUTTERNUT APPLE SAGE

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A Turkey dinner! Yes! Turkey sausage with butternut, apples, onions and cranberries. Flavored with crisp sage and garlic. For a quick and easy method look here Recipe #194908. The sausage can be removed from the casing and crumbled and cooked.

Provided by Rita1652

Categories     Poultry

Time 1h

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 lb turkey sausage (Hot or mild)
olive oil
8 fresh sage leaves
1 large onion, quartered and sliced
1 small apple, cored and thinly sliced
1/4 cup dried cranberries
5 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1 pinch cinnamon
1 cup apple juice
1 cup pureed butternut squash or 1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup cream
2 lbs cheese tortellini, cooked accord to package

Steps:

  • Spray a large hot frying pan with non stick spray. Place links in and cook for 15 minutes till brown, remove from pan and set aside.
  • In pan add olive oil and brown sage leaves till crisp and remove all set 6 aside fro garnish. Crumble 2 leaves.
  • Add additional oil if needed to saute the onions for 3 minutes over medium heat, stirring to remove the brown bits of goodness from pan, add apple slices, the 2 crumbled sage leaves, garlic and seasoned salt, cinnamon and cook for 1 minute.
  • Add apple juice and cranberries to onion mixture, bring to a boil then lower to a simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
  • Meanwhile slice sausage.
  • Stir the butternut and cream into the onion mixture.
  • Add sausage stir and reduce heat to a low simmer.
  • Toss cooked tortellini in to sausage mixture add some pasta water if needed to thin sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Garnish with sage leaves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 453.8, Fat 18.5, SaturatedFat 7.3, Cholesterol 123.1, Sodium 828.1, Carbohydrate 52.4, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 5.9, Protein 19.9

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