
How To Make Tortellini with Chunky Beef Sauce
If you want a quick and easy pasta dish, try making this beefy tortellini made flavorful with vegetables and tender chunks of beef.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 22ozfresh tortellini
- 1lbbeef fillet
- 1large onion,chopped
- 1tbspminced garlic
- 1large red bell pepper
- 1large carrot,peeled, washed and chopped
- 1lblean ground beef mince
- 15oztomato sauce
- 2tbsptomato paste
- 2tbspvegetable stock powder
- salt and pepper,to season
- ¼cupchopped parsley,divided
- ½cupfreshly grated parmesan cheese to serve
Instructions
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Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until just tender. Drain and return to pot.
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Fry the beef fillet in batches until browned and cooked to your liking over medium-high heat. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
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In the same pan, fry the onion, bell peppers, and carrot on medium heat until the onion is softened. Sauté the garlic until fragrant.
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Brown the ground beef while breaking it up with the end of a wooden spoon. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste and vegetable stock powder. Bring to a simmer until sauce begins to thicken and veggies are softened.
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Add the cooked beef fillets into the sauce. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for a further 5 to 10 minutes.
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Season with salt and pepper to your tastes. Top with half of the parsley.
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Take off the heat and pour the meat mixture into the same pan as the tortellini.
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Mix until combined.Sprinkle with cheese and remaining parsley to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 436.12kcal
- Fat:Â 27.41g
- Saturated Fat:Â 11.11g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.76g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 11.37g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.29g
- Carbohydrates:Â 17.73g
- Fiber:Â 4.39g
- Sugar:Â 6.84g
- Protein:Â 29.23g
- Cholesterol:Â 100.23mg
- Sodium:Â 728.99mg
- Calcium:Â 183.45mg
- Potassium:Â 827.76mg
- Iron:Â 3.80mg
- Vitamin A: 165.10µg
- Vitamin C:Â 37.01mg
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