Tortellini Alfredo ala Jeanne



Description: Fresh cheese and spinach tortellini, swimming in a luxuriously thick alfredo sauce, combined with the flavors of garlic, broccoli, mushrooms, and onions and topped with pungent, flavorful cheeses!


Ingredient List:

  • Half a stick of real butter
  • Costco Garlic olive oil
  • ½ pound thick-cut honey ham
  • 1 family-sized bag of Rana spinach and cheese or five cheese tortellini
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 pound of fresh white mushrooms, thick sliced
  • 1 – 2 cups Broccoli, to taste
  • Cheap Sauvignon Blanc, at least 1/3 of a bottle
  • Two jars Rao Alfredo sauce, 15 ounce
  • 1 Tbsp Fire & Smoke Holy Garlic seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp Kinders, The Italian blend seasoning
  • Kirkland Bellavitano Cabernet Sauvignon cheese, grated
  • 1 pint of half and half or heavy cream
  • Oregano and parsley flakes, to taste

Steps:

  • Add onions and garlic olive oil to pan to brown
  • Add mushrooms, ham, and ½ stick of real butter
  • Add Italian seasoning and garlic seasoning to taste, at least one tablespoon each
  • Add 1/3 bottle of white wine
  • Set stove to high heat
  • Add 1 pint of cream or half and half
  • Add both jars of rows Alfredo sauce
  • Add broccoli
  • Bring to a rolling boil for 10 minutes
  • Add oregano and parsley flakes to taste
  • Simmer for 20 minutes stirring occasionally
  • 5 minutes before completion of sauce, add tortellini to boiling salted water
  • At the 20 minute mark, drain your pasta
  • Serve tortellini hot, with sauce on top

Top with grated cheese and Merkén or red pepper flakes, to taste.