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This Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Tortellini is the best any night of the week family dinner. We’re taking tortellini and making it even better, with a rich and creamy roasted red pepper sauce and fresh burrata cheese. Each cute little tortellini has delicious, cozy winter flavors that melt in your mouth. It’s the creamiest bowl of cheese tortellini that’s fancy enough for the weekend, but easy enough to make any night of the week. And most importantly, it’s delicious!
Currently, I’m in a rotation of four food groups, Asian, Indian, Mexican, and then every once in a while…a random Italian recipe gets thrown into the mix.
I’m not sure what’s going on with my family, but we’ve all been wanting a good amount of Asian and especially Indian-inspired recipes. In fact, as I type this, I have golden rice and curry cooking away on the stove for yet another family dinner. Everyone has really taken a liking to dishes with lots of flavor and spice.
Honestly, my brothers have all been surprising me with what they’ve been requesting. They’ve really come such a long way from their chicken and rice days. I’ve found I’m actually enjoying cooking for everyone these days. It’s a lot of work, but we don’t always get to be together. So I’m taking advantage of this time and testing out as many recipes as I can on these guys. The one thing about brothers is that they’ll always tell it to you like it is…
If they love something, they really LOVE it.
And if something is not that great, I’m going to hear about it. Not in a mean way, but in a, “yeah, that wasn’t my favorite” kind of way.
Anyway, in an effort to switch things up a bit, I thought I’d make some easy Italian style pasta.
Originally this was just going to be a roasted red pepper pasta, because the other two things I’m currently obsessed with are red peppers and red Fresno peppers. But then I opened the fridge and saw one lingering box of cheese tortellini. I decided that while roasted red pepper pasta sounded good, roasted red pepper cheese tortellini sound even better.
And that’s how I finally came to make the simplest cheesy, red pepper tortellini.
Here are the quick details.
To give the sauce a bit of extra flavor, I decided to cook up the shallots and garlic in a little olive oil before pureeing them with the roasted red peppers. Pureeing the shallots, garlic, and peppers will leave you with a silky smooth red pepper sauce.
Once you have the sauce made, this comes together in minutes. You’ll want to cook up a little tomato paste, add a splash of vodka, then stir in the red pepper sauce. For the vodka, I pretty much always add a splash to most of my tomato-based pasta sauces. I find that it perfectly highlights all the flavors within the sauce. Of course, if you don’t use or drink vodka, you can easily just use water or broth.
Once the sauce is in the pan, add a little cream and fresh baby spinach. Let that simmer over low heat while you cook the tortellini.
For the tortellini, I used a cheese tortellini from Whole Foods, but use any kind of tortellini flavor you love.
Then toss the pasta with the sauce, add fresh parmesan cheese, and that’s that. Simple. Simple.
But wait, there is one extra special touch.
Serve this cheesy tortellini up with a ball of fresh burrata cheese. It adds a layer of creaminess to each and every bowl of pasta and it’s delicious with a sprinkling of fresh basil.
Yummm. And super easy. Perfect for just about any night of the week. And for me personally, I’m actually beyond excited to make this again today on Instagram stories. It feels like an exciting Wednesday night dinner.
Cannot wait!
Looking for more quick pasta dinner? Here are a few to try:
Crispy Roasted Cauliflower with Creamy Pesto Pasta
Roasted Broccoli Pasta Carbonara with Crispy Prosciutto and Whipped Ricotta
Lastly, if you make this Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Tortellini, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Tortellini
Servings: 6
Calories Per Serving: 573 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1-2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 cup vodka (or water)
- 3/4 cup heavy cream or canned coconut milk
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach, chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 1 pound fresh or frozen cheese tortellini
- 8 ounces burrata cheese, at room temperature
Instructions
- 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for cooking the tortellini. Now add the red peppers to a food processor or blender. 2. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the shallots and garlic. Cook until the shallots begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the mix to the food processor or blender with the red peppers. Puree until smooth. 3. Set the same skillet over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, the tomato paste, oregano, and red pepper flakes, cook 4 minutes, until thickened. Stir in the vodka, cook another 2 minutes. Stir in the red pepper sauce, cream, parmesan, spinach, and basil. Season with salt and pepper.4. Cook the tortellini according to package directions until al dente. Drain, then toss with the red pepper sauce.5. Divide the tortellini between plates and top with burrata and fresh basil. Eat and enjoy immediately.
Super tasty and so quick and easy!
Hey Courtney,
Wonderful!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe out, I love to hear that it was enjoyed!! ?xTieghan
Is there a brand you can recommend for the tortellini? Often when I buy that or ravioli it does not have much cheese in it. Thank you.
Hey Anne,
I like Whole Foods brand! Let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan
Can’t wait to try this! Can you recommend a good meat/protein to add into the sauce?
Hey Nysha,
Ground sausage would be great to use here! Let me know if you give the recipe a try, I hope it turns out amazing for you! xTieghan
What is the cream on top pictured?? It looks like the cream from the 5 cheese pasta at the Cheesecake Factory and I’d love to know how to make that.
Never mind I read it more thoroughly hehe
Hey Alexus,
That is burrata:) I hope this recipe turns out amazing for you, let me know if you give it a try! xTieghan
A new family fav! Added bacon bits as a topping and YUMMY!
Hey Christine,
Thank you so much for giving this recipe a try, I am so glad to hear it was enjoyed! Have the best weekend:) xT
And, we used the coconut milk and water and it was amazing!!
Awesome!!
This was so delicious! We’ll definitely make this one again. Thanks so much for your creativity!
Hey Jennifer,
Fantastic! Thanks so much for making this recipe, I love to hear that it was enjoyed! xTieghan
Did you make any sides with it? What would you recommend to go with it?
Hey Caitlin,
I would do a side salad with this if you wanted. Please let me know if you give the recipe a try, I hope you love it! xTieghan
Curious why you use coconut milk in so many of your recipes, doesn’t it make everything taste like coconut? Thank you! BTW this was yummy, didn’t u se coconut milk.
Hi Tammy,
Thanks so much for giving the recipe a try! I like to use coconut milk as a dairy free option and sometimes a healthier alternative to heavy cream. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan
This recipe is so quick, easy and impressive. (To make it more kid friendly, we topped with basil instead of mixing it in and did spinach salad on the side.) We are all new lovers of Burrata. We found that 1/2 tsp. salt was perfect, I blended it with the peppers and cooked down shallot mixture. We will definitely make this again! Thank you!
Hey Renee,
Thank you so very much for trying this recipe, I love to hear that it was enjoyed! xxTieghan
I loved how easy this recipe was but I would give it 4 stars. It was good but not super flavourful (not sure if it was something I did though), there are other pastas on this blog that I have enjoyed more!
Hi Maureen,
Fantastic! Love hearing that this recipe was enjoyed, thanks for giving it a try. xTieghan
Delicious and so easy for a weeknight dinner. Thanks
Hey! Thank you so much for trying out this recipe, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Happy Monday ? xTieghan
My boyfriend and I absolutely loved this recipe! It was so quick and easy to make too!
Hey! This is awesome, I’m so happy to hear this recipe turned out the way you’d hoped! 🙂 xTieghan
Made this recipe exactly as printed for dinner last night. It was DELICIOUS! It will definitely join the rotation. I was so happy everyone loved it and it was not difficult to make.
Another delicious recipe from HBH! Love the kick from the roasted red peppers and red pepper flakes. Plus, this was just as good if not better the next day. Adding this one to my fall/winter dinner rotation!
Hey Annie,
Happy Sunday!! I am delighted to hear that this recipe was enjoyed, I truly appreciate you giving it a try! xTieghan