Tortellini Rose

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb sweet sausage, loose, not in casing
• 1 large onion, diced small
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 1/2 lb mushroom, sliced
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 4 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 cup grated asiago cheese
• 1 (10 ounce) bag spinach
• 6 quarts water
• 2 lbs tortellini

Recipe

• 1 sauté sausage in a large saucepan until meat is brown. break sausage up as it cooks. remove the meat from the pan. reserve the liquid from sausage in pan.
• 2 add onions, garlic and mushrooms. cook the liquid out, 8-10 min over medium neat. add the sausage back into mixture.
• 3 add cream and stir in until it comes to a boil. continue cooking over a med. flame, stirring frequently to make sure nothing sticks. reduce the sauce by 1/3.
• 4 add tomato sauce and stir.
• 5 add the asiago cheese and spinach and bring sauce to a simmer. stir until blended.
• 6 in a separate pot, bring 6 quarts of water to a boil. add 2 pounds of prepared tortellini and cook. drain tortellini and put in a serving bowl. pour sauce of tortellini. mix it quickly to coat the pasta and serve.