I love Bertucci’s (which you’ll find out in Boston area). This is a dish I ordered one night that was super yummy and just sort of made up a recipe for.
Bertucci's Tortellini
Fresh, simple, and delicious!
Author: Jane Maynard
Recipe type: Main Dish, Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- Fresh Tortellini (cheese filled and spinach if possible)
- 1 can whole tomatoes, cut up, reserve most of the juice
- Mushrooms (portabellos are good)
- Sausage (italian or andouille), cooked cut into pieces
- Basil
- Oregano (lesser amount than basil)
- Minced garlic
- Some sugar
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Light cream (a little)
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Sautee sausage and mushrooms in a bit of olive oil if you need it. Add all other ingredients and simmer – except fresh basil and cream. Add basil and cream at end and heat through. Toss with pasta!
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Mmmmmm….Bertuccis….I’ve never had a tortellini dish there, but I adore there pizza, the linguini and meatballs and rigatoni aburztzi.
I am making this tonight… When you say reserve the juice of the tomatoes, do I use the juice or not? Thanks!
it means I dump off some of the juice in the can, and then use the rest of the juice in the recipe. does that make sense? hopefully! 🙂
Jane, Thank you SO much! Yes, that does make sense. I will do that! We are looking forward to it. Although we have never heard of Bertucci’s (we live in Wisconsin!), the dish sounds incredible. Have a great afternoon.
I hope the recipe works for you! I miss Bertucci’s terribly…it’s a restaurant in New England. I almost always eat there when we go back to visit! 🙂
Approximately how much of each ingredient would you say you include. I’d hate to make this and have it be too sugary or too spice infused… 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
hi lani!
this is totally one of my non-recipe recipes, but here are some estimates for you! 🙂
about 1 tsp basil
about 1/2 tsp oregano
1-3 fresh garlic cloves (depending on how much you like garlic)
about 2 teaspoons or so of sugar
a few shakes of pepper
try 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon of salt and then taste it and add more if necessary
hope that helps!