Tortellini Alla Panna

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Try this quick and easy Tortellini Alla Panna or simply tortellini cooked in delicious cream sauce. Ready in 10 minutes flat and feed the whole family!

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Course: Pasta

Cuisine: Italian

Servings:

Calories: 667kcal

Author: Svi

Ingredients

1 lb tortellini , 450-500 g
1 cup heavy cream , 250 ml
½ cup Parmesan cheese , grated
½ -1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt, pepper to taste

Instructions

Bring a large pot of slightly salted water to boil.
Once water is boiling add tortellini. Cook according to directions on the package. Stick to that time precisely or even reduce it by 1 minute to avoid that tortellini fall apart when you add them to the sauce.
While you’re waiting for water to boil to cook tortellini in, prepare the cream sauce.
Place a pan over medium heat, add a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (you can substitute it with butter if you prefer).
Add heavy cream and stir. Once you see first bubbles reduce the heat, add nutmeg and stir again.
Cook for about 2 minutes until the sauce has slightly reduced, it should be still liquid. Turn the heat off.
Once tortellini are ready, reserve a cup or a little less of their cooking liquid.
Drain tortellini and add to the pan with the cream sauce.
Turn on the heat and toss everything in the pan until the sauce has coated tortellini (it’ll take about a minute or so).
Remove the pan from the heat and add Parmesan cheese, stir until tortellini are well covered with the creamy sauce.
If tortellini dry out a bit add a few tablespoons of previously reserved pasta cooking liquid (that should be warm but NOT boiling by now).
Give everything another good toss in the pan.
Serve immediately with fresh ground pepper.

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