Tortellini with Tomato Pesto

20 min

Tortellini with Tomato Pesto

As a teenager, the only thing I could make for dinner was tortellini with ready-made tomato sauce. This is a homage to that time, upgraded for more taste and healthy veggies.

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Ingredients

4 servings

450 g
400 g
250 g
1

Tortellini (spinach or other)
Tomatoes canned
Frozen green beans
Leek

3 TBL sp
1
1 clove

Red pesto
Onion
Garlic

Variations

You could try different sauces and vegetables that are used in other recipes, such as pesto with (soy)cream.

Prep

5 min

  1. Dice onion and mince garlic
  2. Cut leek into rings

Cook

15 min

pan 1b

Sauté onion

medium/high heat ~2 min

pan 2

Cook tortellini, after ~5 minutes add green beans

(tortellini often need around 15 mins, beans need around 10 mins)

pan 1 continued

Add leek

stir ~2 min, season with salt and pepper

Add tomatoes, garlic and pesto

stir and bring to boil, then simmer ~10 min, taste and add more salt and pepper if needed

This is a recipe from the seasonal calendar

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