Italian Sausage & Peppers with Mushroom Cheese Farfalle
Ingredients
Bowtie (farfalle) pasta - 1lb
Italian Seasoned Ground Turkey (*like Jennie O Italian Seasoned Ground Turkey, or mild ground Italian sausage- 2 lbs (you can also use link sausage squeezed from casing)
*If cooking extra sausage to store for use later in the week like Weekly Meal Plan, use 3 lbs
Green and red bell peppers - (1 each) sliced into strips
Mushrooms, white, sliced - 8 oz.
Julienne Cut Sun-Ripened Dried Tomatoes- 8 oz. (*like Mezzetta, found near canned tomatoes)
Mascarpone cheese- 8 oz.
Pecorino Romano cheese- 8 oz. (can also use Parmesan, so would need 16 oz. or 2 cups Parmesan total)
Shredded Parmesan cheese- 8 oz.
Staples:
Olive oil- 3 tbspns
*Extra cooked sausage is stored in airtight container to use in our Tortellini Soup
*Recipe will print without photos using print option above
Instructions
If using Weekly Meal Plan, store half of sliced red and green bell peppers together for Ratatouille Pan Simmered Steak
Boil pasta in salted water until tender
Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat
Brown ground turkey or sausage until slightly cooked
Add bell pepper and saute for another 2 minutes with turkey or sausage until peppers become tender and turkey is cooked thoroughly
Transfer cooked turkey or sausage with peppers to large serving bowl (if you have a "picky eater", set aside a small bowl of cooked turkey or sausage to serve alongside pasta with butter)
Add sundried tomatoes with oil (do not drain) and mushrooms to same pan over medium-high heat to saute until tender, approximately 2 minutes
Add Mascarpone cheese and Pecorino cheese, saute until cheese melts into a sauce with the mushrooms and tomatoes
Before draining pasta, use glass measuring cup to scoop out 1/4 cup of pasta cooking water
Drain pasta and return to pasta pan
Add pasta cooking water back to pasta in pan and toss
Add mushrooms with sundried tomatoes in sauce to serving bowl
Add cooked pasta to serving bowl (if you have a "picky eater", reserve a small bowl of pasta to toss with some butter and serve alongside cooked turkey or sausage)
Toss pasta with turkey or sausage, peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes together
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