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Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli

Written by Chrisy | 08/05/16

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Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese.

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Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli! Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese. | HomemadeHooplah.com #ad

About Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli

By now you guys must know how much I love RAGÚ® Homestyle sauce (and if you didn’t already know, seriously, check out those links!) and today marks another delicious chapter in my ever-growing love for their sauces.

And, you guys, not to brag or anything (well, okay, maybe just a little) but I think I may have outdone myself with this recipe.

Because, yes, it was that good.

Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli! Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese. | HomemadeHooplah.com #ad

I loved everything about this recipe – from the flavorful RAGÚ sauce (I used Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic this time around) to the ultra-cheese topping to the tasty Italian sausage – and it all came together into the kind of dinner that an old friend of mine and I devoured in only one sitting.

The only “downside” to this recipe?

Technically, it wasn’t my idea to make it.

I’ve talked a lot in the past about how an old friend of mine and I have “different” tastes in food… if you can even call it “different.” What it really boils down to is that he likes a lot of savory meats in his diet while I, well, don’t. Seafood is probably the only meat I could happily eat on a daily basis. And if I ever do delve into the world of pork and beef, I like it by itself, not mixed up with a bunch of other ingredients. I guess you could say I’m more of a “meat purist.”

To better explain, this is the most common scenario at our house around dinner time:

I made a dish that I’m really happy with.

I let him try it and ask him what he thinks.

He responds: “I like it, but it would taste better with meat.”

I’m just waiting for the day when he says this about a brownie or a cake.

Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli! Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese. | HomemadeHooplah.com #ad

So when I was brainstorming for this recipe, I did something I almost never do: I asked him what he wanted me to make.

What wasn’t I making that he wanted to see? Was it a kind of pasta? Or a specific type of meat?

Eventually we settled on Italian sausage and ravioli, since even I couldn’t remember the last time I had used either of those in a dish. The original idea was to make homemade sausage ravioli, and though I loved that idea, I really wanted something a little bit easier to put together. We’re still knee-deep in summer and didn’t want to stand around in my hot kitchen for hours just to make dinner.

As an alternative, I opted to cook the Italian sausage in the RAGÚ Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic sauce, and it ended up being the perfect compromise. We still got all the benefits of a  meaty meal without slaving in the kitchen. Score!

When we were almost done with brainstorming, an old friend of mine’s face grew serious, and he proceeded to tell me (with hand gestures!) that he was envisioning a picture of a small baking dish full of our soon-to-be baked dinner, and that there would be a fork dipping in and pulling up a cheese-covered ravioli. He stressed to me that this should be a picture I took when photographing this dish.

MIssion: accomplished!

Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli! Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese. | HomemadeHooplah.com #ad

Would you like to make this dish at home? Be sure to pick up any of RAGÚ® Homestyle sauce!

 

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Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli! Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese. | HomemadeHooplah.com #ad

Baked Italian Sausage Ravioli

Cheese ravioli baked in a roasted garlic pasta sauce with Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion, then topped with mozzarella and mascarpone cheese.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 50 minutes
Calories: 872 kcal
Yields: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Italian sausage
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 24 oz Ragu Homestyle Pasta Sauce Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic flavor
  • 1 cup italian tomatoes (from a can) cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 9 oz ravioli any type
  • 1/3 cup mascarpone cheese
  • 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded and divided
  • 1 tbsp parsley fresh and chopped (optional)
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Instructions

  1. In a skillet over medium-high heat, cook and crumble Italian sausage with green bell pepper and onion until sausage is cooked through, about 5-7 minutes. Drain grease.

  2. Add Ragu Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic pasta sauce and chopped Italian plum tomatoes to skillet, then stir. Reduce heat and let sauce simmer for 30 minutes.
  3. While sauce is simmering, preheat oven to 350 F. Coat your chosen baking dish (either an 8x8 dish or individual oven-safe dishes) with cooking spray, then set aside.

  4. Prepare ravioli per package instructions, then drain and set aside.
  5. In a medium bowl, use your hands to knead together 1 cup mozzarella and the mascarpone cheese, then break cheese mixture into crumbles with your fingers. Set aside.

  6. When sauce is ready, add ravioli to pan and stir to coat. Pour ravioli into your prepared baking dish(es), then cover the top with an even layer of the cheese crumbles. Finish by sprinkling the remaining 1/2 mozzarella cheese on top.
  7. Bake Italian sausage ravioli for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese on top has completely melted.
  8. Serve immediately with parsley as garnish.

Nutrition

872kcal | Fat: 61g | Saturated fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 172mg | Sodium: 2390mg | Potassium: 996mg | Carbohydrates: 41g | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Protein: 39g | Vitamin A: 1600% | Vitamin C: 42.8% | Calcium: 301% | Iron: 10.1%
I do my best to provide nutrition information, but please keep in mind that I'm not a certified nutritionist. Any nutritional information discussed or disclosed in this post should only be seen as my best amateur estimates of the correct values.

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Comments

  1. SunnyDaysNora
    08/05/16
    Reply

    Yum! This looks soooo good! I love how flavorful the Roasted Garlic variety is!

  2. Kathleen Kelly
    08/06/16
    Reply

    This looks really good! Thanks for the recipe and the giveaway! Have a great weekend!

  3. Jenny S
    08/06/16
    Reply

    This is a good dinner recipe for back to school weeknights.

  4. Char
    08/07/16
    Reply

    Yum, I would love to try the roasted garlic. Thank you so much! I love the way you write <3

    • Chrisy
      08/10/16
      Reply

      Thank you Char! 😀

  5. Pat Schwab
    08/07/16
    Reply

    Thanks for the giveaway. I love a thick sauce. I would try the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Mushroom sauce.

  6. tracy wardt
    08/08/16
    Reply

    I absolutely love the Ragu thick & hearty four cheese. I cant wait to try this recipe out. looks great.

  7. Stephanie Phelps
    08/09/16
    Reply

    What a great recipe and the sauces are amazing I have tried them!

  8. Cheryl Nichols
    08/09/16
    Reply

    Love it ! Hit me good . Amazing recipe & and I use them all the time .

  9. gail kirkwood
    08/10/16
    Reply

    Looks super yummy

  10. Maria
    08/10/16
    Reply

    Homestyle Thick & Hearty Roasted Garlic Sauce sounds so yummy!

  11. Karrie
    08/11/16
    Reply

    I love and use the roasted garlic

  12. Jeanmartin Teramulo
    08/11/16
    Reply

    wow. look super hot yummy..

    #giveaway

  13. sarah k
    08/14/16
    Reply

    This dish looks super yummy looking forward to trying it.

  14. Rebecca
    08/16/16
    Reply

    I would love to try the cheese sauce.

  15. Norma W.
    08/19/16
    Reply

    You are amazing to keep coming up with these … amazing recipes. Thanks so much. I have to go now … gotta new recipe to try! LOL

  16. Julie Murphy
    08/21/16
    Reply

    I would like the Homestyle Thick & Hearty Meat Sauce

  17. carl
    08/29/16
    Reply

    wow

  18. Birdiebee
    08/29/16
    Reply

    I would love to try the HOMESTYLE THICK & HEARTY ROASTED GARLIC SAUCE.

  19. Sharon Braswell
    08/29/16
    Reply

    This looks SO good! Thank you for the recipe and an awesome Giveaway!! 🙂

  20. Tim Miller
    09/21/16
    Reply

    This looks amazing!

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