Add something cheesy to your family's Italian dinner. Serve pasta with pork sausage and tomato sauce - ready in 25 minutes!
Penne with Cheesy Tomato-Sausage Sauce
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (2 2/3 cups) uncooked penne (tube-shaped pasta)
- 1/2 lb. bulk Italian pork sausage
- 1 (15-oz.) container refrigerated tomato pasta sauce
- 1/4 cup shredded fresh basil
- 2 oz. mozzarella cheese, diced (1/2 cup)
- 1 oz. (1/4 cup) shredded fresh Parmesan cheese
Instructions
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Step1Cook penne to desired doneness as directed on package. Drain; cover to keep warm.
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Step2Meanwhile, brown sausage in large saucepan. Drain; return to saucepan. Add pasta sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in basil and mozzarella cheese. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is slightly melted.
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Step3To serve, spoon sauce mixture over cooked pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
500
Calories
19g
Total Fat
23g
Protein
59g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 500
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 29%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Cholesterol
- 45mg
- 15%
- Sodium
- 1010mg
- 42%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 59g
- 20%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 23g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 25%
- 25%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 1 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 2 High-Fat Meat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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