Cheese Tortellini with Pesto

What Goes With It

• Green salad
• Garlic bread
• Dry white wine
• Rocket

How to Cook Cheese Tortellini with Pesto

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1. Boil the tortellini in a large pan of salted water for 4 minutes. Save a mugful of the water and drain.

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2. Warm the tomatoes in the oil in a wide pan for 2 minutes until beginning to burst.

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3. Add the tortellini, pesto and a splash of the pasta water and toss gently.

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4. Scatter with the parmesan and pine nuts and serve at once.

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Notes From the Method

Boil gently.

Save some pasta water.

Toss gently.

Serve straight away.

Keeping What's Left

Best eaten at once. Keeps in the fridge for 1 day.

The Numbers per Serving

No nutrition figures are given for this recipe: they cannot be worked out reliably from its ingredient list (most of the energy comes from foods with no recorded source). Why some recipes have none.