Slow Cooker Meat Sauce With Tortellini
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb lean ground beef
- 1⁄2 lb Italian sausage, sweet or hot
- 1 (16 ounce) jar tomato sauce
- 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, undrained
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1⁄2 medium onion, diced
- 1⁄2 green bell pepper, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 (9 ounce) package cheese tortellini, refrigerated or fresh
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese, real Parmigiano Reggiano preferred
directions
- If your sausage comes in links, remove it from the casings. Crumble the ground beef and Italian sausage into a large skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until browned. Remove meat to slow cooker, using a slotted spoon, leaving fat in skillet.
- Add onion, green pepper and garlic to skillet and sauté until soft and onion is translucent. Remove vegetables to slow cooker with a slotted spoon. Discard fat remaining in skillet.
- Add the marinara sauce, mushrooms, tomatoes, herbs, and brown sugar to the slow cooker. Cover, and cook on LOW heat for 7 to 8 hours. (It will probably be ready after 4 hours, but you can leave it to sit as long as 8 if need be.).
- Stir in the tortellini, and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top. Cover and cook for 15 more minutes on LOW, or until the tortellini is tender. Serve with grated Parmigiano.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!