I've always loved the shape of tortellini! This one-pot dish features all of the food groups, lovingly cradled in a light butter-cream sauce. A family favorite with its bright colors, Tortellini with Spring Salmon as my kids called it can be easily made all year round with just a few ingredients.
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| Cheese tortellini with Alaskan smoked salmon, sugar snap peas and carrots |
Cheese or spinach tortellini, smoked salmon and colorful vegetables in the easiest butter-cream-dill sauce ever! This is a delicious one-pot meal with vegetables, which I developed twenty-two years ago when I finished my training and took my first job. Inspired by two recipes in Anne Willan's Look and Cook Perfect Pasta cookbook (DK, 1992), but lacking the time to make my own tortellini, I developed streamlined procedures to get food on the table as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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This dish has been a long time favorite of my son and daughter since they were toddlers, and is the first dish that my daughter learned how to make. There's nothing nicer than coming home from a long day of work to enjoy a supper made by your teenage kids -- for my son, it was peanut butter noodles and for my daughter, this dish.
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This dish has been a long time favorite of my son and daughter since they were toddlers, and is the first dish that my daughter learned how to make. There's nothing nicer than coming home from a long day of work to enjoy a supper made by your teenage kids -- for my son, it was peanut butter noodles and for my daughter, this dish.
Either fresh or frozen store-bought tortellini works well, in a range of package sizes. We prefer the cooked northwest style hot smoked salmon with peppercorns, but it is also delicious with Scandinavian cured lox.
Even if you don't have smoked salmon, you can make a delicious vegetarian version with smoked mozzarella or seasoned dry tofu. As it's as good as a gently reheated leftover as it was fresh!
Even if you don't have smoked salmon, you can make a delicious vegetarian version with smoked mozzarella or seasoned dry tofu. As it's as good as a gently reheated leftover as it was fresh!
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| Reheated vegetarian version using a square of baked, seasoned "dry" tofu, zucchini and carrots. |
