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

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How to eat tortellini? ›

Depending on the filling, tortellini are delicious with everything from cream-based sauces to red marinara-type sauces, browned butter, pesto, and even walnut sauce. They remind me of ravioli, so if you'd eat it with ravioli, you can eat with tortellini.

It's a stuffed pasta made with flour and eggs and filled with a thick, creamy cheese. Some add veggies and meats to the mix, while I stick to the basics – but read on to learn how to make tortellini with all sorts of fun fillings!

Hailing originally from the Italian region of Emilia, tortellini are also traditionally stuffed with ricotta cheese. But history has shown a willingness for Italian cooks to go well beyond cheese, with various meats like prosciutto, mortadella, and pork loin finding a home inside of the ring-shaped pasta.

In Italy, meat tortellini are traditionally served in broth, but they are enjoyed with other toppings, too: cheese sauce, cream sauce, pesto or tomato sauce. There are also cheese versions of tortellini. Tortellini are also eaten for dessert!

Tortelloni is a larger version of Tortellini. It is a traditional pasta in the Bologna region of Italy and is often served in broth. In Italy, it is traditional to serve tortellini this way on Christmas Eve. Tortellini is also good with cream and butter, or in a tomato cream sauce.

Today, we'll try to make some clarity on the subject, and we are going to be very straightforward: the only acceptable way to eat spaghetti, or other long varieties of pasta, is rolling them around your fork. No other piece of cutlery – oh, hi, spoon and knife!

Once your tortellini is cooked, savour by itself, toss with a fresh sauce, or use it in a delicious recipe. If you prefer chicken, shrimp or vegetables, tortellini are perfect for an elevated yet simple meal that the entire family will enjoy.

Up next: how long to bake tortellini. Cover tightly with foil and bake until bubbling, about 35 minutes. Remove the foil and turn on the broiler. Broil until the cheese is lightly browned.

Tortelloni is pasta in a similar shape, but larger, typically 5 g, vs. 2 g for tortellini. While tortellini has a meat-based filling, tortelloni is filled with ricotta and sometimes with parsley or spinach.

Why is my tortellini floating? ›

Stuffed pasta will float during boiling due to the air inside them expanding.

In Italy they put the cheese in the pasta (Tortellini). Is tortellini stuffed with something? The traditional filling is a mixture of pork, Parma ham, mortadella, Parmesan cheese, eggs and nutmeg. Tortellini are usually served in a chicken broth or, less often, with cream sauce.

In fact, you may be surprised at how adding veggies to a package of store-bought tortellini creates such a fresh, healthy lunch. You can enjoy it at room temperature or chilled, and serve it as an entree or side dish. I especially love it with a cup of creamy soup (such as this Creamy Tomato Basil Soup).