Tortellini in creamy tomato sauce
A recipe for the most delicious creamy tomato sauce with cream, cheese and tortellini.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 500 g tortellini of your choice
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes 400 g
- 250 ml whipping cream (38% fat)
- 100 ml vegetable stock
- 80 g parmesan, finely grated
- 80 g grated mozzarella
- 3 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 handful fresh basil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper
- Oil
Instructions
- Heat a little oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion and garlic for a couple of minutes.
- Add the tomato purée and the dried herbs and cook for about a minute before adding the chopped tomatoes, stock, cream and parmesan.
- Let the sauce simmer gently for 5 minutes, then season with salt and pepper.
- Stir the mozzarella and the fresh basil leaves into the sauce, and meanwhile cook your tortellini as directed on the packet.
- Lift the tortellini straight out of the pan with a slotted spoon and toss them in the creamy tomato sauce. Adjust the consistency of the sauce with a little of the pasta cooking water if needed.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper - then serve the dish topped with freshly chopped basil leaves and a sprinkling of parmesan, if you like.