I have a beautiful spring dinner recipe for you. It’s Caprese Tortellini Bowl and it is amazing. It’s made with three cheese tortellini, fresh mozzarella cheese, sun dried tomatoes and fresh basil. This dish is full of flavor, very easy and made in under 30 minutes!
This is one of my absolute favorite dishes. Caprese is one of my favorite savory flavor combinations and tortellini is my guilty pleasure. I’ve made so many caprese dishes in the past and this one is my favorite (it would actually be tied with my savory Bread).
This is great to whip up for a quick lunch or a family dinner. Adults will enjoy the bright, great flavors of this tortellini dish and kids will enjoy the fact that they are having tortellini for dinner!
I have this for lunch once in a while when I am all alone. My son is going through this picky stage right now. He is four and I’m estimating only about 10-15 more years of this stage. Ha…I hope not but I’m being realistic, based on his father. He is in his 30s and still not over the picky eater stage of his life. I’ve gotten him to eat a bigger variety of foods since we met, but there are still many ingredients he just won’t eat.
So this is one of those dishes that I make all for myself. As delicious as it is, I don’t mind not having to share!
Caprese Tortellini Bowl
Ingredients
- 9 oz package of refrigerated three cheese tortellini
- salt
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes diced
- 1 small shallot
- 1 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
- 3 oz fresh mozzarella cheese
- About 5 medium leaves of fresh basil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Cook tortellini in salted water, according to the package, and set aside.
- In a large pan, preheat the olive oil on medium-high heat and add diced shallot and diced sun-dried tomatoes. Saute until the onion starts to golden.
- Add balsamic vinegar and stir well.
- Add cooked tortellini and still until all combined. Add some salt to taste.
- Saute for about 5 minutes.
- Chop fresh mozzarella into small cubes. Stir mozzarella and basil into the pasta quickly and plate immediately. The heat in pasta will start to soften the cheese and bring out the aroma in basil.
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com. All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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Mary Frances
April 3, 2014 at 4:04 pmThese pictures are so bright and fresh! You made this pasta really stunning! Caprese is the best … balsalmic and sun dried tomatoes mmmm!
lyuba
April 6, 2014 at 9:54 pmIt sure is š Thank you so much, Mary!
Gloria // Simply Gloria
April 3, 2014 at 8:41 pmLyuba, these are my favorite flavor combinations, too! Such gorgeous pictures.. and it’s making me drool!
lyuba
April 6, 2014 at 9:57 pmThank you, dear! š
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
April 4, 2014 at 3:45 pmOh Boy!! We are back home and I am already getting my kitchen tools to do some major recipes. This sounds so good and I love anything Italian. As far as picky eaters go? I have to blame the moms sometimes — not your son, he is probably going through a stage. We always wanted to introduce our kids to as many foods as possible. Of course some they liked and some they didn’t. To this day my daughter and older son love raw oysters and my youngest son can’t stomach them. He tries but there must be something about the textures that he doesn’t like. Anyway. Your pictures are fantastic as usual!! Love your recipes and I’m planning to make a bunch.
lyuba
April 6, 2014 at 10:08 pmMy son used to eat everything, and I mean everything, or at least try it. This lasted until he was 3, then it all wend down the heel. Hopefully, it won’t last too long.
Thank you, Marisa! Give that kitchen a good workout!
Julie
April 5, 2014 at 9:07 amI’m excited to give this a try. I really like tortellini, but usually just add a regular tomato pasta sauce or an alfredo sauce, which is pretty boring. This is a much better idea than what I’ve been doing,. Thanks for the inspiration.
lyuba
April 6, 2014 at 10:09 pmI hope you give it a try, Julie! Thank you!
Wendy
April 5, 2014 at 11:24 amI love anything caprese….just the tomatoes and mozzarella is fine with me! Mixing it in with tortellini adds even more deliciousness! Great idea! š
lyuba
April 6, 2014 at 10:13 pmThank you, Wendy! I hope you get a chance to try it!
Kathi Riemer
April 7, 2014 at 11:38 amI love Caprese anything. Basil, mozzarella and olive oil can’t be beat. I think I’ll make this for dinner tonight. Thank you for sharing.
Trish - Mom On Timeout
April 7, 2014 at 6:22 pmThis looks delicious Lyuba! Caprese anything is a win for me! Pinned and shared on FB š
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April 7, 2014 at 9:48 pmLove caprese, love tortellini, love the simplicity and deliciousness of this meal, Lyuba!!
lyuba
April 8, 2014 at 9:11 amThank you so much, Cathy!
Desiree @The36thAvenue
June 11, 2015 at 8:46 pmYum!…Pinning!
lyuba
June 11, 2015 at 8:56 pmThank you, thank you!