Sausage, Tortellini, and Italian spices come together perfectly in this Sausage and Tortellini Pasta Salad. It’s the perfect pasta salad for your next summer cookout or get-together! #whatscookingwednesday
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Klement’s Sausage. All opinions are 100% mine.
Sausage and Tortellini Pasta Salad Recipe
I’m so excited! We have just a few more days until the kids are out on summer break. Even though I still have to work and don’t officially get off for summer, there’s just so much I love about this time of year. Summertime in general, just means our schedule is much so more relaxed with afternoons at the pool, vacation time, weekend trips and lots of celebrations with family and friends. (Plus, when the kids are out of school, I get to sleep later – that extra hour makes all the difference!)
We kicked our summer celebrations off early last weekend with a trip to Galveston to camp and visit with family. We stayed at a great little RV park near the beach and spent a few days having a fun on the beach and in the park’s pool and lazy river. The weather worked out perfectly, (up until the last night when a crazy storm blew through) and we invited our family out to spend a day with us and have an evening cookout.
For the cookout, we served up burgers, brats, sausage and everyone’s favorite pasta salad. This pasta salad is served cold and is the perfect side dish for any potluck or family get-together. In fact, it’s one of those recipes that’s even better the longer it has to marinate; so you can definitely put this salad together the night before.
In my opinion, any occasion is more fun with shared food and it’s just not a cookout without sausage! Klement’s makes an amazing handcrafted, authentic European sausage that has a taste that’s a cut above the rest. Their Smoked Polish Sausage and Smoked Bratwurst is great on its own, in a Hoagie roll with mustard and sauerkraut or sliced up and used in a favorite family recipe.
Sausage and Tortellini Pasta Salad Recipe
PrintSausage and Tortellini Pasta Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 30
- Total Time: 30 minutes plus cooling time
- Yield: serves 8 to 10 1x
- Category: sides
Description
Sausage, Tortellini, and Italian spices come together perfectly in this Sausage and Tortellini Pasta Salad. It’s the perfect pasta salad for your next summer cookout or get-together!
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients
- 8 oz cheese tortellini
- 4 oz dried bow tie pasta (about a cup)
- 2 cups chopped Klement’s Smoked Polish Sausage (or whichever Klement’s Sausage you prefer)
- 1 cup diced mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1⁄2 cup chopped bell pepper (your favorite color – I went with orange)
- 1 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup sliced black olives
Dressing
- 3 tbsp light olive oil
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 tsp each of garlic powder, basil and oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Notes
- To save time, you can use your favorite Zesty Italian dressing.
- This salad is even better when you assemble it the night before, allowing the flavors time to marinate and come together.
- If serving to children, you might consider leaving out the bell peppers. lol.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8th of recipe
Enjoy!
Now it’s your turn, do you have a favorite family recipe that everyone loves? Let us know in the comments below!
Jaime says
We love Klement’s sausages in our house! My favorite is their snack sticks, but we also love grilling the sausages. (And the summer sausages are great for snacking too!) Definitely going to try your recipe!
Heather Johnson says
I absolutely love pasta salad. I bet even my carnivore brother would eat this with the addition of the sausage.
Divya says
YUUUUUUUM. I’m not typically a fan of pasta salad because it can be so bland but you’ve gone and proven that pasta salad can be fun, festive, and full of flavor! YuM!
Neely Moldovan says
I am all in for any kind of pasta! This sounds SO good! I am so hungry!
Lisa says
For the love of yum – this would be a perfect picnic salad! That sausage looks delicious and paired with the tortellini -genius!
CourtneyLynne says
Omg can we say yum?!?! This pastylooks absolutely delicious m. Must give it a try!
Brandy says
My belly is growling just look at this delicious meal idea! I need to make it and eat it, hoping the family enjoys it but if not? More for me! Appreciate a new idea on what to make!
Saidah Washington says
I love taking salads to pot lucks and when I do people always want to recipes. I may have to give this one a whirl and see how it goes over.
Crystal says
Yum! Such a great summer side with so many delicious flavors. Looks like a wonderful idea for a picnic or bbq. And I love the new idea for sausage.
Rosey says
We don’t eat tortellini enough, and I just love it so I don’t know why. It’s especially good in a pasta salad like this one!