Italian Sausage and Zesty Tomato Sauce with Farfalle Pasta, and Parmesan

4.93 out of 5 based on 27 customer ratings
(27 customer reviews )

$15.99

Heritage Breed Pork Italian Sausage in a house-made zesty tomato sauce, combined with Farfalle pasta, Parmesan, sautéed red peppers and finished with fresh basil and parsley.

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27 reviews for Italian Sausage and Zesty Tomato Sauce with Farfalle Pasta, and Parmesan

  1. Reviewer profile image
    4 out of 5

    Jolly

    Almost Perfection

    Just had this for the first time and it was goddam delicious. Like something an Italian grandma would make.

    However, the recommended 1.5 cups of boiling water is WAY too much. I’m always cautious of FDF companies’ recommended amount of water, and I always hold back a half cup (thinking I can add after the fact if needed - but you can’t take away).

    This thing was soup all the way into 15 mins of hydrating, and I only used 1.25 cups of water of the 1.5 they suggest.

    Please modify the language on the packaging. 1 cup of water would make this a creamy ass bag of Italian goodness.

    As is, it’s delicious soup.

    21 of 24 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Ken

    Concur with Jolly

    Delicious meals...always looking forward to dinner time when out on an adventure. Like Jolly posted, 1.5 cups of water is way too much. I'm using 1.25 and that's about perfect for me.

    7 of 7 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    KAITLIN GETZ

    Tastes great

    Tastes great. Use less water and it's delicious

    4 of 4 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    s.brad.drew

    Wow. Wow. Wow again.

    This was so tasty and delicious! I love eating pasta dishes with red sauce while on trail, but it’s been a very long time since I had an Italian sausage red sauce meal. This one is phenomenal. I found the 1.5 cups of boiling water was perfect, but needed to let it reheat for 15-16 minutes. I added a cheese stick and some hot sauce and WOW, incredible! Bonus that it’s 800 calories. Will (and have) ordered more!

    3 of 3 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Ave Di Domenico

    Freaking Amazing

    I recently tried this dinner and was blown away. This has to be on the best backcountry meals I have eaten in a long time. Try this meal if you have not!!!!

    3 of 3 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Katariina Perkonoja

    The best flavour so far

    I think this is the best flavour of the current selection. I'd also recommend 1-1.25cups of water.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Michelle Torres-Grant

    Savory Sausage Flavor ~ YUM

    I agree that 1.5 cups of water results in a soup, but a delicious soup, and I enjoyed it! I imagine it would be comforting on a cold night. If you don't want it soupy it seems like people like it reduced to about 1.25 cups. I'll try that next time. Anyway, this pasta dish has a traditional homemade taste with distributive fennel-y Italian sausage. It's more flavorful than other backpacking meal pasta dishes I've had. It will definitely be part of my regular rotation.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Wayne

    My all time favorite

    I had this 3 times on my JMT thru hike this year and enjoyed it by far to anything else I had. How companies get the water recommendation so wrong is beyond me. Maybe altitude? This was not as bad as other meals where you knew right away the water was too much but I agree that 1.5 cups is too much. I went with ~ 1.25 cups on the first meal(based on other reviews). Then I back down to a little over 1 cup and that was perfect. I used a Modified FedEx bubble envelope as warmer koozie.

    Buy it you will not regret.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Troy Lawson

    Tasty!

    I've really never been a fan of any backpacking meal companies...until now. I find finishing this, as well as other Pinnacle meals, quite easy to do. The taste and texture (I prefer the recommended 1.5 cups of water) is enjoyable from start to finish. Not too salty. Big calories, protein, and fat will keep you satisfied and fueled up for sleep and recovery. If you're going to spend money on freeze-dried meals, spend a bit more on Pinnacle. You won't be disappointed.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Jamie

    So good I'd eat at home!

    Just got back from a backpack trip and this was dinner on night one. It's by far the best backpacking meal I've had, you could tell from the depth of flavor that is is made with care. This will be my go to from now on, could even eat multiple nights in a row!

    I don't tend to measure water exact for meals and pour to cover and add more after a few minutes so I can't speak to the review about too much water.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    Frank Testa

    Great simmer

    This was my first Pinnacle meal. Followed the simple instructions and had a great, flavorful meal. Ordering more meals from Pinnacle.

    1 of 1 found this helpful
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    5 out of 5

    adamzeck

    Perfection!

    If I served this at home, my family would think I made it from scratch! Can I help with your distribution? More people need to know about and have access to buying this product.

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    5 out of 5

    [email protected]

    Mama Mia!

    I'm a sucker for pasta, sausage and red sauce! After a long day in the Arkansas Wilderness this meal hit the spot and tastes just like you are at a fine Italian restaurant.

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    5 out of 5

    Jeff Meyers

    Simply delicious, but a little heat for kids

    It’s a great meal for adults, a little spicy for kids and teens. But it’s delicious otherwise.
    A vodka sauce version of this pasta would be amazing!

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    5 out of 5

    Willis Stephenson

    Friends loved it, too

    After trying this previously on a solo trip, I recently took along 2 bags to prepare for friends...all agreed: the best dehydrated meal ever. I used the 1.25 cups recommended, and was perfect.

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    5 out of 5

    tedesco.alex

    Amazing

    This pasta tastes amazing! The only thing I may do next time is use SLIGHTLY less water so it’s a little less watery. That being said, I’ve ordered more because it’s so delicious!

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    5 out of 5

    EH

    BEST ITALIAN DINNER ON TRAIL

    Tastes like a home-cooked meal! Very hearty! Enjoy the portion sizes of Pinnacle Foods and the nutrition that these offer. Best freeze dried meals on the market!

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    5 out of 5

    Jim Buti

    Fantastic Goodness

    My wife and I bought some of these and tried one during a day hike. It is the best tasting freeze dried food we've ever had in our opinion.
    Nice to have a hot meal on a cold day on the mountain. Please produce this one for eternity! Its great!

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    5 out of 5

    R Behringer

    Very Tasty

    This tasted so great after a ~marathon distance in the Atacama desert. Definitely a winner.

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    4 out of 5

    David Harakal

    Great camping meal

    I enjoyed all of the meals that I purchased

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    5 out of 5

    Tyson Wilder

    Like Italy in my mouth

    This meal was amaz-balls! I tried out two Pinnacle meals on a three-day circumvention of Mount Adams with two friends, and the team voted that I had the best freeze-dried dinner on both nights.

    I always used to avoid freeze-dried meals because most of them tasted like penitentiary rations, and it was easier to cook something from scratch. This meal tasted like I made it at home - there is really nothing I would change about it.

    It's hard to do but definitely wait for the recommended hydrate time or longer. Some of the sausage bits take a while to rehydrate. It's well worth the wait though! So fantastic, I want to have some around the house for the apocalypse.

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    5 out of 5

    Germaine Bettridge

    OMG!!!

    Just did a 5 day trip to Algonquin and these meals were a real treat after a long day of hiking and canoeing. We tried them all and it was really hard to pick a favorite because they are all so delicious. This was my favorite so far but all of them were so good. Each meal hydrated perfectly each time. I will not be able to go back to any other dehydrated meal as it is hard to come back from that way of life 😋 Thank you Pinnacle for feeding us so well on our trip!

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    5 out of 5

    Bennett Miller

    Knock Out

    A Mike Tyson knock out of a meal. This is a restaurant quality dinner. I agree on 1.25 cups of water though. It wasn't soupy, but I drank the sauce that remained. This meal is that good. Pinnacle is damn right.

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    5 out of 5

    Sam

    Top Notch

    I took my 14 year old sons backpack camping and we had Pinnacle for the first time. Unbelievably good! So much so they want to eat the extra ones we have at home for regular dinners. Go a little light on the recommended water like others have stated, you can always add a little more once you open to eat it.
    These will be the go to for all of our future trips!

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    5 out of 5

    joelpmartineau

    Definitely a keeper

    Just tried this for the 1st time tonight. I'm adding this to my must haves for next year's trip. I used the 1.25 cups of H2O and let it set. Turned out well, good texture and taste. Aroma made it hard to wait for it to re-hydrate.

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    5 out of 5

    BACKCOUNTRY BLISS

    Italian Sausage and Zesty Tomato Sauce with Farfalle Pasta, and Parmesan is by far my most favorite freeze dried meal of all time.

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    5 out of 5

    cacawphony

    Surprising!

    This was fantastic! No mushy pasta or weirdly spicy but flavorless sauce and there was generous amounts of sausage. Recommend waiting longer than suggested for dehydration even for al dente, but this was really good.

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Nutrition Information

  • Calories: 800
  • Total Fat: 48 g
    • Saturated Fat: 20 g
    • Trans Fat: 3 g
  • Cholesterol: 120 mg
  • Sodium: 1570 mg
  • Carbohydrates: 55 g
    • Dietary Fiber: 6 g
    • Sugars: 11 g
  • Protein: 38 g

Ingredients:

Sausage (Pork, Salt, Red Pepper, Sage, Black Pepper, Sugar) • Crushed Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Puree) • Whole Milk (Milk, Vitamin D) • Farfalle Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina) • Parmesan (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes) • Onion • Red Pepper • Butter (Cream, Salt) Garlic • Unbleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid) • Tomato Paste (Tomato, Citric Acid) • Kosher SaltParsley • Basil • Onion Powder • Oregano • Red Pepper Flakes • Rosemary • Fennel