Creamy Tortellini Recipe - Her Highness, Hungry Me (2024)

OMG. Yes, this is the best creamy tortellini recipe in the entire world. It’s so easy to make and it takes like, what? 20 minutes? In one pan…Weeknight dinner problem solved.

You can use any pasta for this, gnocchi too, but cheese-filled tortellini will just make your heart melt with love, joy, happiness, fulfilment. Add some Parmesan on top of all that and call it a day. Not a cheat day, but a good day.

It’s a well known fact that this recipe has about seven million calories and each one one of those little suckers is totally, TOTALLY, worth it. Even if I have to do 3 HIIT workouts a day for the next 3 years to burn this off, it’s still so worth it.

Plus I’m lying. It doesn’t have SEVEN million calories, I’m rounding up. Plus I’m too lazy to actually calculate and know something like this.

All I know is, whatever you’re going through right now, this creamy tortellini pan can fix it. It will whisper good things in your ear, it will cheer you up, it will sing and it will melt in your mouth.

You will want to make this every day for the rest of your life.

And I’m telling you this, because this is what I’ve been doing since 4 weeks. Then I run out of tortellini and I cry in the closet, because dignity.

How To Make Creamy Tortellini

(If You’re not Italian, Or Talented!)

saute tortellini in a pan with olive oil
pour in some milk and cook for a minute
stir in the sour cream and let the sauce thicken cooking for a minute
stir in the vegetables and add black pepper
add mozzarella and top with Parmesan cheese

The whole thing happens in one one pan.

And no, you won’t be making a creamy sauce out of olive oil, garlic, milk and egg. No. Sour cream works just fine and you should be proud of yourself for finding a faster way to get dinner ready. You can also use cream cheese if this is all you have at home.

To make yourself feel better about your food choices, you’ll add spinach, parsley (or basil) garlic, a scallion and a small tomato. That’s 5 different vegetables right there. Look at you.

Options

This recipe is pretty great as is, but you can experiment with other ingredients if you want.

For example you can add some chopped ham or bacon, green beans, broccoli or seafood.

Creamy Tortellini Recipe - Vegetarian And Easy

Easy and creamy pasta recipe that will melt your heart! Filled with spinach, garlic and cheese, this vegetarian tortellini recipe is warm, delicious and so incredibly creamy! Perfect for dinner.

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time10 minutes

Total Time20 minutes

Ingredients

15oz/ 400g cheese tortellini, refrigerated
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/3 cup milk
2/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mozzarella, grated
1 1/2 cup baby spinach, fresh
1 small tomato, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 scallions, chopped
2 Tbsp parsley/basil, chopped
Parmesan cheese
black pepper, freshly ground
salt to taste

Instructions

Cook tortellini according to the package OR to use just one huge pan for everything: cover the surface of a large, deep pan with the 1 tbsp olive oil, add the tortellini and at medium-high, stir for 30seconds to a minute, mine turned golden-brown. Then, to calm that fire - add in the milk, stir and cook for a minute.
Add the sour cream, reduce the heat a little bit and stir for around 2-3 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
Stir in all the vegetables - garlic, scallions, tomato, spinach, parsley. Grind black pepper.
Lastly add in the grated mozzarella cheese, so the sauce thickens up some more and stir well. Have a taste and if needed - add salt and pepper. I add A LOT of pepper to this recipe.
Take off heat, serve immediately and top with Parmesan cheese - makes it even better.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 647Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 105mgSodium: 930mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 4gSugar: 4gProtein: 26g