Description
Homemade tortellini with roasted red pepper sauce offers a delightful Italian-inspired meal with complex flavor profiles. Creamy sauce and delicate pasta combine for a comforting dinner experience you can savor with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (226 g) burrata
- 10 oz (284 g) tortellini
- 1 (16 oz/454 g) jar of roasted red peppers
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup vegetable stock
- ¼ cup grated parmesan
- ¼ cup finely diced yellow onion
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2–3 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 pinch of black pepper
- Fresh chopped basil to taste
Instructions
- Sauce Preparation: Blend roasted red peppers, tomato paste, and vegetable stock into a silky-smooth sauce, ensuring a uniform consistency that promises rich flavor intensity.
- Aromatic Foundation: Sauté diced onions in olive oil until translucent, developing a sweet base layer that will enhance the sauce’s depth. Add minced garlic and red pepper flakes, stirring quickly to prevent scorching and maximize flavor infusion.
- Sauce Development: Pour the blended pepper mixture into the skillet, allowing it to simmer and concentrate. Reduce heat and whisk in heavy cream, parmesan, salt, and pepper, creating a luxurious, velvety sauce with complex undertones.
- Pasta Integration: Gently fold tortellini into the sauce, ensuring each pasta pocket becomes thoroughly coated and heated, absorbing the sauce’s intricate flavor profile.
- Final Flourish: Artfully break burrata into rustic chunks, distributing them across the tortellini. Garnish with fresh basil leaves, adding a vibrant, aromatic finish that elevates the entire dish.
Notes
- Pepper Preparation: Roast peppers until charred and blistered for maximum smoky flavor intensity and easier skin removal.
- Sauce Smoothing Technique: Blend sauce ingredients thoroughly to eliminate any lumps, creating a silky, restaurant-quality texture.
- Cream Incorporation Tip: Add cream slowly and whisk continuously to prevent sauce separation and ensure a luxurious, velvety consistency.
- Burrata Placement Trick: Break burrata at the last moment to maintain its creamy, molten center and prevent over-melting into the sauce.
- Prep Time: 15min
- Cook Time: 20min
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 557
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 724 mg
- Fat: 32 g
- Saturated Fat: 16 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 49 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 89 mg