SuperQuick Creamy Cheese Tortellini
with Cherry Tomatoes, Bacon and Spinach
Don't be fooled by the simplicity of this speedy dish. It's a flavour bomb of tender, ricotta-stuffed tortellini cloaked in creamy marinara sauce with spinach and blistered tomatoes. Garlic and a pinch of chili flakes give it an extra kick.
Ingredients: Cheese tortellini (pasta: durum wheat semolina, water, liquid egg yolk, liquid whole eggs, filling: cheeses (ricotta, parmesan, romano), toasted wheat crumbs, whey, vegetable oil, flavour (milk), water, salt, yeast extract, garlic powder) (egg, milk, wheat) • Marinara sauce (water, tomato paste, sugar, salt, modified corn starch, dried garlic, vinegar, dried onion, soybean oil, dried red bell pepper, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Baby tomatoes • Bacon (pork, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spices, smoke) • Spinach • Yellow onion • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) (milk) • Garlic puree (garlic, water, soybean oil, citric acid, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Chili flakes.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
350 g
Cheese Tortellini
(Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat)
113 g
Baby Tomatoes
56 g
Baby Spinach
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
1 tbsp
Garlic Puree
(May contain traces of: Wheat, Crustaceans, Fish, Mustard, Gluten, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Egg)
1 cup
Marinara Sauce
(May contain traces of: Wheat, Crustaceans, Fish, Mustard, Gluten, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Egg)
4 g
Chili Flakes
(May contain traces of: Wheat, Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Triticale, Peanuts)
56 mL
Cream
(Contains: Milk)
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
100 g
Bacon Strips
Not included in your delivery
2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains: Milk)
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, to a large pot, add 10 cups water and 1 tbsp salt (use same for 4 servings). Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- To the boiling water, add tortellini. Cook for 2-4 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water.
- Strain tortellini, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Add 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter. Stir to coat.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.** Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside.
- Discard bacon fat from the pan. Carefully wipe the pan clean.
- Reheat the same pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then tomatoes, onions and half the chili flakes. (Like things spicy? Add more chili flakes.) Cook for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes burst.
- To the pan with the tomatoes and onions, add marinara sauce and garlic puree.
- Cook for 2-3 min, stirring often, until sauce thickens slightly.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop spinach.
- To the large pot with tortellini, add sauce, cream, spinach and reserved pasta water.
- Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- Divide tortellini between bowls.
- Roughly crumble bacon over top.
- Sprinkle Parmesan over top.
If you've opted to add bacon, heat a large non-stick pan over medium. When hot, add bacon. Cook for 5-7 min, flipping occasionally, until crispy.** Remove from heat. Using tongs, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside. Discard bacon fat from the pan. Carefully wipe the pan clean. Use the same pan to cook veggies.
Roughly crumble bacon over top of plated pasta.
