SuperQuick Pimento Cheese-Inspired Sausage Tortellini

15-Min Meal

Very High Fibre

Quick

with Roasted Pepper Pesto, Corn and Cheddar

2 min

Difficulty: 1/3

Ingredients: Cheese tortellini (egg, milk, wheat) (pasta: durum wheat semolina, water, liquid egg yolk, liquid whole eggs, filling: cheeses (ricotta, parmesan, romano), toasted wheat crumbs, whey, vegetable oil, flavour (milk), water, salt, yeast extract, garlic powder) • Mild Italian sausage (pork, water, spices, salt, sugars (sugar, dextrose), onion, dehydrated garlic, flavour, sunflower oil, dehydrated red bell pepper) • Thaw-friendly corn (corn, modified vinegar) • Roasted red pepper pesto (milk) (roasted red pepper, soybean oil, water, sunflower seeds, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), modified corn starch, salt, sugar, herbs, citric acid, spices, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) • Spinach • 35% Cream (milk) (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) • White cheddar cheese (milk) (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, salt, calcium chloride, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, microbial rennet, cellulose, natamycin) • Cream cheese (milk) (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat) (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) • Green onion.

Allergens

Soy

Mustard

Wheat

Milk

Sulphites

Egg

May contain traces of allergens

Peanuts

Sesame

Tree nuts

Tags

Very High Fibre

Quick

Pasta-noodles

Ingredients

Cheese Tortellini

350 g

Corn Kernels

113 g

Green Onion

2 unit(s)

Baby Spinach

56 g

Roasted Pepper Pesto

0.25 cup

Cream Cheese

1 unit(s)

Cream

56 mL

Cream Sauce Spice Blend

10 g

White Cheddar Cheese, shredded

0.5 cup

Mild Italian Sausage, uncased

250 g

Salt

0.125 tsp

Pepper

0.125 tsp

Butter

1 tbsp

Preparation

Before starting, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (use same for 4 servings). Wash and dry all produce.
Slice green onions, keeping green and white parts separate.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then sausage, corn and green onion whites. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 4-6 min, breaking up sausage and stirring often, until corn is golden and sausage is cooked through.**

Sprinkle Cream Sauce Spice Blend over top. Stir to coat.
Add cream, cream cheese, pesto and 3/4 cup (1 1/2 cups) water. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to a simmer. then reduce heat to medium.
Cook for 3-5 min, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slighty.

Meanwhile, to the boiling water, add tortellini. Cook for 2-4 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water. Strain tortellini, then add to pan of sauce. Stir to coat. (TIP: For a lighter sauce consistency, add reserved pasta water, 1-2 tbsp at a time.)
Add spinach. Season with salt and pepper. Stir for 30 sec, until spinach wilts.

Divide tortellini between bowls.
Sprinkle cheddar and remaining green onions over top.

If you've opted to add sausage, slice green onions, keeping green and white parts separate. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high. When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then sausage, corn and green onion whites. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 4-6 min, breaking up sausage and stirring often, until corn is golden and sausage is cooked through.**

Nutrition per serving

1230

kcal

Calories

Fat

Saturated Fat

111

Carbohydrate

Sugar

Dietary Fiber

Protein

240