Tortellini with broccoli recipe

Tortellini with Broccoli recipe

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Ingredients

500 g	Tortellini
500 g	broccoli, in florets
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
250 ml	vegetable stock
2 tbsp	flour
2 tbsp	butter
200 g	cream cheese
1	egg yolk
1 tbsp	lemon juice
3 tbsp	crème fraîche
200 g	freshly grated cheese

Instructions

Cook the Tortellini in salted water until done. Drain. Cook the broccoli in stock for 5 minutes, then strain through a sieve and collect the stock.

In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the flour and cook stirring until pale yellow. Whisk in the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add more stock, if too thick. Stir in the cream cheese and the crème fraîche and bring to the boil again. Take from heat and whisk in the egg yolk. Season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice.

In a warmed serving plate, combine the broccoli and the tortellini. Pour over the sauce and serve sprinkled with the grated cheese.

Preparation time:
ca. 20 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a