Recipe of Quick Tortellini with a Creamy Tomato Basil Sauce

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, tortellini with a creamy tomato basil sauce. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tortellini with a Creamy Tomato Basil Sauce is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Tortellini with a Creamy Tomato Basil Sauce is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tortellini with a creamy tomato basil sauce using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tortellini with a Creamy Tomato Basil Sauce:

1. Make ready package of tortellini, any flavor you'd like
2. Prepare butter
3. Prepare small yellow onion, diced
4. Get garlic, minced
5. Get all purpose flour
6. Make ready milk
7. Take heavy whipping cream
8. Get unsalted diced tomatoes, undrained
9. Prepare fresh basil, chopped finely (or 1 1/2 tsp. dried basil)
10. Make ready pepper
11. Prepare salt
12. Get freshly grated parmesan cheese (plus more for topping)

Steps to make Tortellini with a Creamy Tomato Basil Sauce:

1. Get a large pot of salted water going over high heat for the tortellini. Once it comes to a boil, stir in the tortellini and cook according to the package directions. Meanwhile, in a seperate pot, get the sauce going.
2. In a seperate, medium sized pot, heat the butter over medium heat. Once it's melted, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, so it can start to soften up. Then stir in the garlic and cook an additional 2 or so minutes, stirring often.
3. Add the flour and whisk until it is all incorporated with the butter. Let this cook for a minute or so, stirring often.
4. Slowly whisk in the milk and cream until it is all added and smoothly incorporated. Increase the heat to med-high, then add the diced tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Let this come to a gentle simmer.
5. Once at a simmer, reduce the heat slightly and allow this to simmer for about 5 or so minutes, until it has thickened up. Then remove it from the heat and immediately stir in the parmesan cheese.
6. By now, your tortellini should be done and drained. Stir the cooked tortellini into the sauce and stir it all together. That's it! Serve topped with some additional freshly grated parmesan cheese.

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