Tortellini in cream spinach sauce

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
25 mins
TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 2
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 150 g cooked ham
  • 250-350 g dried tortellini
  • 1 TABLESPOON butter/margarine
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Vegetable broth
  • 450 g Frozen creamed spinach
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Pine nuts
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 2-4 Tbsp Sauce thickener
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil up plenty of salted water. Peel onion and garlic and dice finely. Dice ham as well. Cook the tortellini in boiling salted water for 18-20 minutes

  2. 2

    Heat the fat in a saucepan. Sauté onion and garlic in it. Stir in 400 ml water and stock, bring to the boil. Add the spinach, cover and defrost over medium heat

  3. 3

    Roast pine nuts without fat, remove. Pour milk into the spinach, bring to the boil and thicken with sauce thickener. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg. 3 pine nuts without

  4. 4

    Roast the fat and take it out. Pour milk into the spinach, bring to the boil and thicken with sauce thickener. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg

  5. 5

    Drain the tortellini and leave to drain well. Mix with the spinach sauce and arrange on plates. Sprinkle with diced ham and pine nuts

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
390 kcal
CARBS
38 g
FATS
15 g
PROTEINS
23 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesPasta