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Ernie's cheese tortellini with cream cheese pesto sauce

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 200 g tortellini with cheese or ricotta filling
  • salt water
  • 175 g cream cheese
  • 4 tbsp pesto (basil or wild garlic pesto)
  • salt and pepper
  • possibly parsley

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 12 minutes; Total time approx. 17 minutes

vegetarian, super quick, perfect for hot summer days

Cook the tortellini in salted water according to the package instructions and drain. Stir the cream cheese and pesto with seasoning into the warm tortellini and reheat if desired. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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