Tortellini With Turkey Sausage In Creamy Butternut Apple Sage

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 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

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 in pan add olive oil and brown sage leaves till crisp and remove all set 6 aside fro garnish. crumble 2 leaves.
• 3 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.
• 4 add apple juice and cranberries to onion mixture, bring to a boil then lower to a simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• 5 meanwhile slice sausage.
• 6 stir the butternut and cream into the onion mixture.
• 7 add sausage stir and reduce heat to a low simmer.
• 8 toss cooked tortellini in to sausage mixture add some pasta water if needed to thin sauce. season with salt and pepper.
• 9 garnish with sage leaves.