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Tortiglioni, Fun To Pronounce And Fun To Eat
Since The Modern Proper is our cooking family, we appreciate family-run food companies. DeLallo Foods has been manufacturing, importing and distributing authentic, innovative and high-quality Italian and Mediterranean products for three generations. We share their passion for the best foods of Italy, including this tortiglioni pasta recipe. We make this pink sauce tortiglioni when we’re looking for a light and bright creamy pasta meal. Add some veggies like our Kale Salad and Broccolini, and bake up Garlic Bread and Chicken Parmesan to make this a feast of feasts!
Ingredients You’ll Need To Make This Pink Sauce Tortiglioni
DeLallo Tortiglioni Pasta – What is tortiglioni pasta? Tortiglioni is a shape of pasta that comes from Naples, Italy. It is a twisted tube shape with ridges that spiral the pasta and grab all of the delicious pink sauce in this recipe. All of DeLallo’s pasta is made in Italy with an exclusive blend of the highest quality durum wheat that cooks to the perfect al dente texture every time.
DeLallo Whole Peeled Tomatoes – These top-quality Italian tomatoes are picked at the peak of perfection and packed fresh within 24 hours of harvest, so you know this sauce is going to be bursting with a rich tomato flavor.
Heavy cream and Parmesan cheese – A surefire way to success. We love any recipe that calls for pasta’s best friends heavy cream and Parmesan cheese. It’s the secret to great pasta sauces like our Bow Tie Pasta Recipe and Easy Vodka Sauce, but also recipes like Potatoes Au Gratin.
Fresh basil – Is it an Italian recipe without fresh basil?
How to Cook Tortiglioni Pasta With Pink Sauce
Soften onions and garlic. This is the part where everyone in your house comes into the kitchen and says, “Smells good.”
Use your hands! We love the hands-on element of crushing DeLallo’s Whole Peeled Tomatoes before adding them to the pot with salt, fresh basil, oregano and boullion.
Cook the tortiglioni. Cook until al dente according to the package instructions, and check out our tips for How To Salt Water, because you’ll be reserving 1 to 2 cups of the pasta cooking water before draining.
Blend the sauce. Using an immersion blender or high speed blender, blend the sauce until smooth. Stir in the cream, parmesan, remaining basil, and 1 cup of the reserved pasta water and cook until the cheese is melted and the sauce comes together.
Add the pasta. DeLallo’s tortiglioni is a sturdy short cut with hollows perfect for scooping up this hearty pink sauce. Stir the pasta into the sauce, making sure each noodle is coated in sauce.
Serve! Sprinkle with Parmesan and fresh basil, of course.
Recipe Notes
Can I substitute milk for heavy cream? In a perfect world, pink sauce is best when made with a luxurious pour of heavy cream. But sometimes our fridge only has milk! We don’t recommend using anything less than whole milk, and if using whole milk reduce the amount of cream called for to ½ cup.
What other pastas can I use? In the tortiglioni vs rigatoni debate, we think either would be great in this recipe. Rigatoni is a standard pasta shape stocked at most grocery stores, and will hold up in this creamy pink sauce.
Can I use vegetable bouillon instead of chicken? Of course! The bouillon is here to add a depth of umami, and vegetable bouillon will have a comparable effect to chicken bouillon.
What proteins can be added? We think that crumbled or sliced sausage would be great in this tortiglioni al sugo. Simple sliced grilled chicken would also add nicely.
Make it spicy! Add DeLallo’s Crushed Calabrian Chilis for a compact burst of heat.
Where Can I Buy Tortiglioni Pasta For My Home Italian Pantry?
This Pink Sauce Tortiglioni is immediately elevated by DeLallo’s high quality pasta and Whole Peeled Tomatoes. You can get DeLallo’s complete range of authentic, innovative and high-quality Italian food products from their easy-to-shop web store.
Pasta Of All Shapes And Sizes
Pasta is great for dinner, and usually offers nice returns in the leftovers department. Here’s a few more of our favorite noodle-centric recipes:
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