Summary

Cheese Tortellini With Shrimp In Tomato Cream Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. For $4.07 per serving, this recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 895 calories, 48g of protein, and 45g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. A couple people made this recipe, and 17 would say it hit the spot. If you have parmesan cheese, parsley, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 67%. This score is pretty good. Try Shrimp & Tortellini in Tomato Cream for Two, Tortellini & Shrimp Skewers with Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce, and Tortellini with Tomato-Cream Sauce for similar recipes.

Instructions

1. Thaw frozen shrimp according to package directions if using frozen, and then peel, devein and rinse shrimp in a colander.
2. 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.
3. Drain pasta and set aside.
4. Using the same saucepan combine diced tomatoes, crushed bullion, parsley and thyme and bring to a low simmer.
5. While tomatoes are simmering bring a large skillet to medium heat and add olive oil. Heat olive oil and add minced garlic, cooking just until slightly opaque (approx. 1 min). Add garlic and olive oil to tomatoes, stir. Taking a fork crush tomatoes, breaking up the pieces until you have a chunky sauce.
6. Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a low simmer. Add tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste to cream and bring to slow simmer
7. Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a slow simmer.
8. Add tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste to cream and bring back up to a slow simmer.
9. Reduce heat on cream sauce to low to keep warm and continue to stir occasionally.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Add shrimp to cream sauce and cover, allowing shrimp to cook for approximately 4-5 minutes.
13. Add tortellini to pan coating with cream sauce and seasoning if necessary with additional salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
14. Plate and top with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 Italian diced tomatoes, do not drain
• 2 frozen cheese tortellini
• 3 chicken bullion cube, crushed
• 4 chopped fresh parsley
• 5 fresh or dried thyme
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 7 heavy cream or half and half (both are equally good)
• 8 olive oil
• 9 Freshly-grated Parmesan cheese for garnish
• 10 Salt and freshly grounded pepper to taste
• 11 fresh or frozen shrimp (thawed, peeled and tails removed)

Directions

• 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.
• 3 Heat olive oil and add minced garlic, cooking just until slightly opaque (approx. 1 min).
• 4 Add garlic and olive oil to tomatoes, stir. Taking a fork crush tomatoes, breaking up the pieces until you have a chunky sauce.
• 5 Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a low simmer.
• 6 Add tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste to cream and bring to slow simmer
• 7 Add cream to skillet that you used for garlic and bring to a slow simmer.
• 9 Add shrimp to cream sauce and cover, allowing shrimp to cook for approximately 4-5 minutes.
• 10 Add tortellini to pan coating with cream sauce and seasoning if necessary with additional salt and pepper.
• 11 Remove from heat.Plate and top with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese.