Recipe Details

Tortellini with Spinach Cream Sauce

  • Cuisine:

    Italian
  • Category:

  • Serves:

    6 person(s)
  • Difficulty:

    Medium
  • Cost:

    Expensive

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or 15 ml
  • 3 medium shallots or 70 g, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • ½ cup water or 125 ml, hot
  • 2 cubes MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon or 20 g
  • 2 cups cream, 35% or 500 ml
  • 400 g baby spinach leaves, fresh
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper, cracked, fresh
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese or 75 g
  • 450 g cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen
  • 8 cups water or 2 liters
  • ½ cup roquefort cheese or 100 g, crumbled

Preparation

In a large sauce pan, melt Butter, add Olive Oil, sauté Shallots and Garlic on medium heat until onions are soft but not browned.

Add Water, MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon , Cream, Spinach, Black Pepper, Nutmeg and Parmesan Cheese, whisk over medium heat until smooth and slightly thickened. Take care not to over boil cream sauce.

Meanwhile cook Pasta in boiling Water as per the pack direction. Drain pasta, discard water, and add the Pasta to the Cheese Sauce.

Add Roquefort cheese (Danish Blue Cheese) and cook for an additional 10 minutes on low heat or until the Blue Cheese starts to melt.

Timing Facts

  • Preparation time

    10 minutes
  • Cooking time

    30 minutes