Easy Turkey Bolognese 🦃

A close-up of mafaldine pasta topped with creamy red tomato sauce, grated cheese, and fresh chopped parsley, served in a white dish with a hearty Easy Turkey Bolognese for added flavor.

Summary

Friends, This dish is absolutely delicious from the tasty sauce poured over the noodles, to the perfectly cooked ground turkey this dish is going to blow you away. The best part about this dish is it only takes fifteen minutes to make so you won’t be in the kitchen cooking for too long you’ll be in and out with a delicious meal. This dish has 1lb of mafaldine pasta which is the perfect pasta for this dish, topped with 1lb of ground turkey. with onions, carrots, heavy cream, garlic powder, all the good stuff combined into one beautiful dish. Friends, I hope you enjoy this one! ❤️

Chopped carrots, onions, and garlic are being sautéed in a frying pan with a wooden spatula stirring the mixture, forming the flavorful base for an Easy Turkey Bolognese.

A hand with red nail polish stirs ground meat, chopped carrots, onions, and garlic in a nonstick frying pan with a wooden spatula—perfect for starting an Easy Turkey Bolognese.

Ground meat and chopped carrots in a pan with tomato sauce being poured from a jar on top, creating an Easy Turkey Bolognese sauce or stew.

A person prepares Easy Turkey Bolognese by pouring milk from a measuring cup into a jar of pasta sauce, holding the jar with red-painted fingernails over a wooden countertop.

A hand holds a jar of Rao’s Homemade Marinara sauce above a skillet filled with simmering tomato sauce for an Easy Turkey Bolognese on the stovetop. A pot and spatula are visible in the background.

Hack: Instead of buying two jars of sauce: Alfredo sauce, and marinara sauce. Just buy jar of marinara and add heavy cream to the jar of sauce after you use it. Shake it up and add into your sauce!

A hand holding a wooden spatula stirs a creamy, orange-colored Easy Turkey Bolognese sauce with visible herbs and tomato chunks in a metal pan on a stovetop.

A white oval dish of mafaldine pasta topped with a creamy Easy Turkey Bolognese sauce, garnished with chopped parsley and grated cheese. The dish features playful tomato and pasta illustrations around the rim.

A white plate with wide, ruffled pasta covered in Easy Turkey Bolognese sauce and topped with grated cheese sits in the foreground. In the background, a larger serving dish with more pasta and sauce rests on a wooden surface.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Turkey Bolognese 🦃

Is it Thanks Giving or is it pasta night because were having Turkey Bolognese for dinner tonight. Friends, this dish is so perfect it has the most perfect sauce drizzled over ground turkey and mafaldine pasta. Be careful because you might just be making this for the next week because it’s just that good. This is one of my favorite Turkey dishes I’ve made and It’s just pairs so well together and makes for such a delicious combination of flavors. Try it for yourself and let me know how you like it ❤️.

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store in an air-tight container for 3-5 days.

🤔 Common Questions

Can I replace the turkey with another meat?

Yes, You can use ground beef if you want!

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Easy Turkey Bolognese 🦃

Friends, This dish is absolutely delicious from the tasty sauce poured over the noodles, to the perfectly cooked ground turkey this dish is going to blow you away. The best part about this dish is it only takes fifteen minutes to make so you won't be in the kitchen cooking for too long you'll be in and out with a delicious meal. This dish has 1lb of mafaldine pasta which is the perfect pasta for this dish, topped with 1lb of ground turkey. with onions, carrots, heavy cream, garlic powder, all the good stuff combined into one beautiful dish. Friends, I hope you enjoy this one! ❤️

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Servings people

Calories 294 kcal

Ingredients

1 lb ground turkey
1 lb mafaldine pasta
1 small sweet onion chopped
6-7 garlic cloves chopped
1 carrot chopped
32 oz marinara sauce
3/4 cup heavy cream
3-4 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp + 1/2 tsp sea salt divided
1 tsp + 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper divided
Garnish with pecorino romano & chopped parsley

Instructions

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In a pan with high sides, add in olive oil and carrots. Sauté the carrots for 5-7 minutes. Then add in onions, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, 1 tsp salt & black pepper (add more salt & pepper if needed). Sauté that about 1-2 minutes.
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Add garlic and sauté for another minute.
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Season turkey with 1/2 tsp salt & black pepper, and add the turkey into the pan. Sauté until turkey is browned.
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Add marinara sauce to the pan.
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Fill the marinara jar with 3/4 cup of heavy cream, pop the lid on, shake it up to get the excess marinara out, and pour it into the pan. Bring the pan to a boil, pop the lid on, and lower it to a simmer.
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let that simmer for 8-10 minutes.
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Boil the pasta according to package directions and once the pasta is done add it to a serving bowl.
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Pour your bolognese sauce over the top and grate over some Pecorino Romano cheese and sprinkle over some fresh parsley. Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Calories: 294kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 21gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 771mgPotassium: 751mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 2.81IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 2mg

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