Tortellini with Mushroom Sauce
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- Prep Time 10 minutes
- Total Time 25 minutes
- Yield Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups (1/3 of a 16-ounce bag) frozen cheese tortellini
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 8 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps halved and thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 cup water
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon cold butter
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Directions
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In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook tortellini according to package instructions; drain.
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Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender, about 7 minutes.
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Add 1 cup water; season with salt and pepper. Cook until liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add tortellini, Parmesan, butter, and parsley. Toss to coat; serve.
Cook's Note
If you find fresh tortellini, you can use that instead of frozen; cook in a pot of boiling salted water until the pasta floats to the top, about 3 minutes. The mushroom sauce can also be tossed with plain pasta, such as fettuccine, linguine, or spaghetti. Cook 2 ounces of pasta, and add 2 more tablespoons of Parmesan.
This was delicious! I drained the excess liquid prior to adding to the tortellini, but otherwise I made it as written. Very good dish!
Calorie count is only about 765. I think the previous poster probably made an error on the [filtered word]akes. One web site shows a half a cup having 290 calories which is incorrect. There are only 87 calories in 8 ounces of [filtered word]akes.
substitute dried morels and save the rehydrating water for sauce; add basil and substitute heavy cream for the butter and this is amazing. I think next time I would make it a little thicker (I like a 'sticky sauce) but this would be an easy, fancy-looking dish for company when scaled up
Thanks for including a recipe for just one person. It is always easier to increase a recipe for more people than to reduce it down for one. Less leftovers in my freezer is always nice....Ginger G
Delicious! I found that the eight ounces of mushrooms were enough to make sauce for two people, so I just had to increase the amount of tortellini to cover us both. My sweetheart and I really enjoyed it. By the way, the unusual one serving recipe is part of a regular feature in the Everyday Food magazine called Cooking For One- I think it's a nice feature since almost all recipes are designed for families of four even though not all households consist of four people.
Excellent meal - just made portion adjustments for my family - delicious and easy - nice to sometimes have a non-meat meal.
This recipe was a big hit with my husband. I made it with a Buitoni family size pack of tortellini (20 oz.), and just upped the sauce ingredients a bit (not sure why the serving size was set for 1 person...kinda weird). Also, the shiitake mushrooms weren't looking so fresh at the grocery store that day, so I ended up substituting portebellos instead, which worked out great!
Just made this with some adjustments. I used an 8-oz. package of tortellini, about 8 oz. of sliced cremimi mushrooms, and 4 garlic cloves. I skipped the butter and added a little cream instead. It was soooooooo delicious--quick, too! Thanks for a great dinner idea!
I haven't made this yet as there must be a mistake with the number of servings. This recipe shows it serves one person. I've done a nutritional analysis on this recipe and the calories for this one serving is 1349 calories!! Please review this recipe as it looks good, but dangerous! Thanks.
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