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Tortellini Pesto Salad
Ingredients:
• 1/3 cup pesto sauce.
• 8 ounces Hana Tortellini.
• Boiling salted water.
• 1/3 cup olive oil.
• 2 tablespoons vinegar.
• 1 small clove garlic minced or pressed.
Ingredient of Pesto Sauce:
• 2 cups lightly packed
fresh basil leaves, washed and thoroughly dried.
• 1 cup (3oz) grated Parmesan cheese.
• ½ cup olive oil.
To make Pesto Sauce:
• Place basil, Parmesan,
and oil in a blender or food processor.
• Process until basil is finely chopped.
• Use pesto at once, or place in small jars.
• Adding a thin layer of olive oil to each jar
to keep pesto from darkening: freeze for longer
storage.
Instruction:
• Cook Hana Tortellini
in large kettle of boiling salted water until al dente.
• Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain again.
• Turn into a large bowl.
• Stir together pesto sauce, oil, vinegar, and
garlic; pour over cooked Hana Tortellini and toss
gently.
• Chill for at least 1 hour or until next day.
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Tortellini with Mushroom
Ingredients:
• 500g/1 Ib Hana Tortellini.
• 125g/4oz butter 1 onion, finely chopped.
• 375g/12oz wild mushrooms or oyster mushrooms
thinly sliced.
• 1.2 litres/2 pints boiling chicken stock.
• 1/8 teaspoon powdered saffron or saffron threads.
• 40g/ 1 ½ oz grated Parmesan cheeses,
plus a little extra to serve.
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Instruction:
• Heat half of the butter
in a large heavy- based frying pan, add the onion and
fry gently until
it is soft and translucent.
• Take care that it does not become too coloured.
• Add the sliced mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
• Add the Hana Tortellini and stir over a moderately
low heat until all the grains are glistening
and beginning to turn translucent around the edges.
• Stir in a ladleful of boiling stock and simmer
very gently until it has been absorbed.
• Continue adding more stock in this manner until
the Hana Tortellini is thoroughly cooked
and tender and all liquid has been absorbed.
• This will take about 15-20 minutes.
• Stir in the saffron halfway thorough cooking.
• Stir frequently to prevent the Hana Tortellini
sticking to the base of the pan, and season with
salt and pepper.
• When the Hana Tortellini is ready, gently mix
in the remaining butter and the Parmesan.
• The Hana Tortellini should not be too dry, in
fact, it should be quite moist.
• Serve with extra grated Parmesan. |
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Salad of Tortellini
With Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
• 1 quantity Hana Tortellini.
• 1 bunch curly endive.
• 1 mignonette lettuce.
• 250 punnet cherry tomatoes.
• 2 teaspoons olive oil.
• 1 small brown onion chopped.
• ¼ bunch (10 leaves) English spinach chopped.
• 300g sliced turkey roast roll, chopped.
• 1/3 cup pine nuts, nuts, toasted.
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese.
• 2 tablespoons cottage cheese.
Ingredient of Balsamic
Vinaigrette:
• ½ cup olive oil.
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar.
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice.
• 1 clove garlic crushed.
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil.
Instruction:
• Cook Hana Tortellini
in large pan of boiling water, uncovered, about 4 minutes
or until
Tender; drain, cool.
• Place endive, lettuce, Hana Tortellini and tomatoes
on plate, pour over vinaigrette.
• Heats oil in pan; cook onion, stirring, until
soft.
• Blend or process spinach until fine, add onion
mixture, turkey, nuts and cheeses, blend or
Process until fine.
To Make Balsamic Vinaigrette:
• Combine all ingredients
in a jar; shake well.
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4 Chicken
Tortellini
With Creamy Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
• 2 Quantities Hana Chicken
Tortellini.
• 1 egg white, beaten lightly.
• 1-tablespoon olive oil.
• 1 small brown onion chopped.
• 1 clove garlic crushed.
• 410g can tomatoes.
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil.
• ½ teaspoon sugar.
• ¼ teaspoon ground black peppercorns.
• 1 cup cream.
Instruction:
• Cook Hana Chicken
Tortellini in large pan of boiling water, uncovered,
about 4 minutes or
until tender.
• To make Creamy tomato sauce heat oil in pan;
cook onion and garlic, stirring, until onion
is Soft.
• Stir in undrained crushed tomatoes, basil, sugar
and peppercorns, bring to boil.
• Blend or process mixture until smooth, return
to pan.
• Stir in cream, cook until heated through.
• Serve Hana Chicken Tortellini with sauce.
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