Sausage and Bean Ragout with Three Cheese Tortellini

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Time Involved

< 45 min

# of Ingredients

13

Skill Level

Intermediate

Serves

4

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Ingredients

1 tbsp (15mL) 

Olive oil

1 

Small onion, diced

2 

Cloves of garlic, minced

1 (300mL) 

Package OLIVIERI^® NutriWise^® Tomato & Basil Sauce

1 2/3 cups (400mL) 

Low sodum chicken broth

1 (540mL) 

Can white kidney beans, drained

½ tsp (2mL) 

Dried oregano

1 

Medium red pepper, thinly sliced

4 oz (125g) 

Extra lean ground beef

3 

Spicy Italian sausages (casing removed)

1 (350g) 

Package OLIVIERI^® Three Cheese Tortellini

2 tbsp (30mL) 

Chopped basil

1/3 cup (75mL) 

Romano cheese

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Directions

HEAT ½ tbsp (7 mL) oil in a large heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add diced onion and garlic. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until onions are softened.

ADD Tomato & Basil sauce, broth, beans, oregano and red pepper. Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a separate pan on medium-high. Add ground beef and sausage. Cook for 5-7 minutes, while breaking the meat into small pieces with a wooden spoon.

REMOVE meat from pan using a slotted spoon and add to sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil and turn heat down to low. Simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

COOK pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water for 7 minutes. Drain and combine with meat and sauce mixture.

SERVE sprinkled with basil and Romano cheese.