Today I wanted to make a pasta dish. Tortellini are so good because they are pasta filled with cheese. While ravioli is my favorite cheese-filled pasta, tortellini were perfect for this dish. I made fresh pesto with tortellini and shrimp. I was inspired to make a fresh pesto because the restaurant I work at, CREW Ogunquit, has an amazing fresh pesto with pine nuts.
Ingredients:
Fresh basil
Pine nuts
Parmesan cheese
Garlic
Salt and pepper
Tortellini
Frozen shrimp (whatever size you’d like)
Olive oil.
Step 1: Boil a pot of water. At the same time, start boiling the shrimp in a saucepan with water. Wait until the shrimp turn pink. Drain the shrimp and put off to the side. It should only take about 8 minutes for the shrimp to cook.
Step 2: Add tortellini to boiling water. Cook for about 6 to 8 minutes.
Step 3: While you wait for the pasta to cook, add basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan, salt, pepper, and olive oil into a food processor (or whatever kind of blending device you may have). Wait until it has all blended into a consistent paste. Taste the pesto to see if you need to add any more of the ingredients listed above.
Step 4: Add tortellini, pesto, and shrimp into a pan and put on low heat to reheat the whole dish. Add salt as needed.
Step 5: Plate and add some more parmesan cheese if you feel like it. Enjoy!
