Pearl Pasta with Pork Sausage
Includes recyclable aluminum tray
- Milk
- Wheat
For this creamy, delicious meal, hearty Italian sausage simmers in our oven-ready tray with springy pearl couscous, crushed tomatoes, zucchini, spinach, and Italian herbs. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and enjoy this dish in a quick 35 minutes. The best part? Toss or recycle the empty tray when you're done for practically no cleanup!
Ingredients
1 tablespoon
Tuscan Heat Spice
1 unit
Crushed Tomatoes
5 ounce
Spinach
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 tablespoon
Italian Herb Paste
¾ cup
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit
Zucchini
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
4 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage Mix
1 unit
Oven-Ready Tray
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; slice crosswise into 1⁄4-inch-thick half moons. • Remove sausage from casing if necessary; discard casing. Place sausage in oven-ready tray; using two forks (or your hands!), break up sausage into bite-size pieces (for 4 servings, divide sausage between two trays).
• Add zucchini, couscous, crushed tomatoes, Italian herb paste, stock concentrate, 1⁄4 cup water(1⁄2 cup for 4 servings), cream cheese, half the Tuscan Heat Spice (all for 4), salt, and pepper; stir to combine (it’s OK if lumps of cream cheese remain). (For 4, divide everything between two trays.) • Top with spinach. (TIP: Evenly spread out spinach and press down, making sure no leaves hang over the edges of your tray!) Cover oven-ready tray tightly with foil; bake on middle rack (be sure your oven has preheated!) for 25 minutes (for 4, bake two trays side by side on middle rack).
• Carefully remove foil from pearl pasta sausage bake (watch out for steam!); stir until cream cheese is smooth and spinach is combined. • Top pearl pasta sausage bake with Parmesan, return to middle rack, and bake, uncovered, until sausage is fully cooked and cheese melts, 10-12 minutes more.
• Divide pearl pasta sausage bake between shallow bowls. Serve.
Ground Meat is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the taste, though some found it bland. Adding garlic, extra spices, or green beans boosted flavor 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised this as a quick, easy, and delicious one-dish meal with minimal cleanup.
- Suggestions: Consider browning sausage first for faster cooking. Try chicken sausage or adding toasted breadcrumbs for crunch.
- Portions: Generous servings; some found it enough for 3-4 meals. Use a larger pan if the tray seems too small.
- Texture: A few noted al dente couscous; others wanted less cream cheese for a lighter dish.
Reviews from our home cooks
I love how easy this is to cook and clean up after! Quick, easy and delicious!!!
I was truly surprised by how much I enjoyed this dish. So easy to make and really yummy!
Too much food, the spinach does not barely fit into the tray without overflowing. We put a small top layer of spinach and it was filled to the top. Still, plenty of food, 3-4 meals.
Liked it, but very heavy - maybe too much cream cheese. Would be better with regular pasta
Easily one of the best tasting meals I've had. Hope it comes back around soon.
Less crushed tomatoes and a little more water, so there's no overwhelming taste of tomato sauce. Adding a bit of garlic, and additional spices make this dish tastier. I even added a little bit of green beans which really tasted good.
Sausage took way longer to cook than the recipe stated. Would be better to brown it on the stove top first.
A great healthy go to for busy nights. Love the one dish meals.
We changed the protein to chicken sausage, and it was delicious!
Toasted bread crumbs or something crunchy to add. Otherwise it is great. Very hearty
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