Serve with Roasted Parmesan Broccoli with Garlic and Sun-dried Tomatoes. Or explore out Italian Recipe collection for more ideas. Some days I just can’t help slacking off in the kitchen or skipping out on trips to the supermarket. But even if my cupboard is almost bare and I don’t have the energy to spend in the kitchen, I still need to get dinner on the table. Laziness leads to creativity, and in using whatever we have available. In this case, what I had available was a pack of tortellini, something I usually have in my fridge ready for emergencies. Stuffed pasta is a brilliant kitchen shortcut and a deceptively easy way to get a meal ready in a few moments. Whip up a simple yet tasty sauce, like sun-dried tomato cream sauce, and you’ll have an easy meal that will still go down a treat!
Easy tortellini recipe
I ended up with a very tasty dish that was done in 15 minutes flat and with very few ingredients. Fresh tortellini take as little as 2 minutes to cook after the water boils. And the sauce comes together in the amount of time it takes for tortellini to cook. This makes this sauce about as easy a way to get dinner on the table as you will find. Grab a package of pre-made tortellini from your local supermarket, whip up the sauce, you have dinner ready to go! I’ve used this approach in other recipes as well. Check out my Tuscan Tortellini Sauce, Butternut Squash Ravioli Sauce and 5 Minute Ravioli Sauce!
Sun-dried tomato cream sauce
The sun-dried tomato cream sauce itself is delicious and complements tortellini in the most beautiful way. It’s a combination of a basic tomato sauce and cream sauce creates a gorgeous pink sauce. The best of the two worlds of pasta sauces. So here you have it – quick, inexpensive and not too heavy while still leaving you feeling like you’ve just indulged in a bowl of luxurious, creamy pasta.
Serving suggestions
Creamy sauces are best with a fresh side dish like a green salad. My spring pea and arugula salad will do the job. Or keep it Italian with caprese salad. And if I really want to boost my popularity at home, garlic bread will always do the trick! Avoid the temptation to serve the tortellini and sauce separately. Mixing the two together before serving gives the sauce more time to flavour the tortellini and is the best way to make sure that it is mixed fully into the pasta.
Storage and leftovers
Stuffed pasta like tortellini is best eaten fresh and hot. If you do have leftovers, keep them refrigerated for up to 4 days in an airtight container. Reheating can be done in the microwave. Neither pasta nor cream sauces freeze well.
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