Cheese Tortellini With Shrimp In Tomato Cream Sauce

Cheese Tortellini With Shrimp In Tomato Cream Sauce

  Ready in : 45 mins

Cheese Tortellini With Shrimp In Tomato Cream Sauce is a pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 46g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 897 calories. For $4.12 per serving, this recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A couple people really liked this main course. 17 people have made this recipe and would make it again. This recipe from Foodista requires canned tomatoes, garlic cloves, parmesan cheese, and half and half. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 65%. This score is solid. Shrimp & Tortellini in Tomato Cream for Two, Tortellini & Shrimp Skewers with Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce, and Tortellini with Tomato-Cream Sauce are very similar to this recipe.

Ingredients

canned tomatoes

canned tomatoes

14 ounces

cheese tortellini

cheese tortellini

1 bag

chicken bullion cube

chicken bullion cube

1

parsley

parsley

2 teaspoons

thyme

thyme

4 teaspoons

garlic cloves

garlic cloves

2 large

half and half

half and half

1.5 cups

olive oil

olive oil

4 Tbs

parmesan cheese

parmesan cheese

4 servings

salt and freshly grounded pepper

salt and freshly grounded pepper

4 servings

shrimp

shrimp

0.5 pound

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Thaw frozen shrimp according to package directions if using frozen, and then peel, devein and rinse shrimp in a colander.While shrimp are draining, fill a medium size saucepan with cold water and cook tortellini according to package directions. Do NOT overcook your tortellini, no more than 2-3 mins once tortellini are added to boiling water.

    tortellini

    tortellini

    shrimp

    shrimp

    water

    water

    colander
    colander
    sauce pan
    sauce pan
  2. 2
    Drain pasta and set aside.Using the same saucepan combine diced tomatoes, crushed bullion, parsley and thyme and bring to a low simmer.While tomatoes are simmering bring a large skillet to medium heat and add olive oil.

    olive oil

    olive oil

    tomato

    tomato

    parsley

    parsley

    pasta

    pasta

    thyme

    thyme

    sauce pan
    sauce pan
    frying pan
    frying pan
  3. 3
    Heat olive oil and add minced garlic, cooking just until slightly opaque (approx. 1 min).

    minced garlic

    minced garlic

    olive oil

    olive oil

  4. 4
    Add garlic and olive oil to tomatoes, stir. Taking a fork crush tomatoes, breaking up the pieces until you have a chunky sauce.

    olive oil

    olive oil

    tomato

    tomato

    garlic

    garlic

  5. 5
    Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a low simmer.

    garlic

    garlic

    cream

    cream

    frying pan
    frying pan
  6. 6
    Add tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste to cream and bring to slow simmer

    parmesan

    parmesan

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    tomato sauce

    tomato sauce

    cream

    cream

  7. 7
    Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a slow simmer.

    garlic

    garlic

    cream

    cream

    frying pan
    frying pan
  8. 8
    Add tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste to cream and bring back up to a slow simmer.Reduce heat on cream sauce to low to keep warm and continue to stir occasionally.At this point you can butterfly your shrimp, which helps to make the amount of shrimp seem more substantial, but this is not a necessary step.To butterfly your shrimp, place on cutting board and with a very sharp knife, open up shrimp along the back but not cutting all the way through.

    parmesan

    parmesan

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    tomato sauce

    tomato sauce

    shrimp

    shrimp

    cream

    cream

    cutting board
    cutting board
    knife
    knife
  9. 9
    Add shrimp to cream sauce and cover, allowing shrimp to cook for approximately 4-5 minutes.

    shrimp

    shrimp

  10. 10
    Add tortellini to pan coating with cream sauce and seasoning if necessary with additional salt and pepper.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    tortellini

    tortellini

    seasoning

    seasoning

    frying pan
    frying pan
  11. 11
    Remove from heat.Plate and top with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese.

    parmesan

    parmesan