Name: Cheese Tortellini with Walnut Pesto Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup Walnuts; 1 cup flat leaf parsley; 2 clove garlic; 3 tbsp parmesan cheese; ½ cup olive oil; ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper; 1 lb cheese tortellini; 1 tbsp butter

Cheese Tortellini with Walnut Pesto Recipe

How To Make Cheese Tortellini with Walnut Pesto

The parsley-based walnut pesto sauce offers a good balance to the creamy cheese tortellini in this recipe. Serve it for dinner for a quick yet elegant dish.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 12 minutes

Total: 27 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupwalnuts
1cupflat leaf parsley,thick stems removed, lightly packed
2clovegarlic
3tbspparmesan cheese,grated
½cupolive oil
½tspsalt
¼tspfresh ground black pepper
1lbcheese tortellini,fresh or frozen
1tbspbutter

Instructions

In a food processor or blender, pulse the walnuts, parsley, garlic, Parmesan, oil, salt, and pepper to a coarse puree.
In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the tortellini until just done. This will take about 4 minutes for fresh and 12 minutes for frozen.
Reserve half a cup of the pasta water.
Drain the tortellini.
Toss with ¼ cup of the reserved pasta water, the walnut pesto, and the butter.
If the pasta seems dry, add more of the reserved pasta water.
Sprinkle with additional Parmesan and pass more at the table.