Mmm… pesto steak tortellini. This recipe is sure to make the whole family happy at the dinner table! And it…
Simple and Tasty Steak Pesto Tortellini recipe on UrbanBlissLife.com
Mmm… pesto steak tortellini. This recipe is sure to make the whole family happy at the dinner table! And it can be made vegetarian!
Fresh pasta is the kryptonite. We love it, can't get enough of it, and filled pastas are most definitely the weakness.
If you've watched any of the Instagram stories, you know We do a lot of #FastLunch videos. These are short clips of tasty meals We make for lunch since We work from home. The meals are fresh, and take less than 30 minutes to make. Many of the meals can be made for dinners too!
Recently, We did a series of Fast Lunch videos featuring one of the favorite not-so-secret fast, wholesome meal weapons: Buitoni pastas and sauces.
Steak Pesto Tortellini Ingredients
For this recipe, We used Buitoni Three Cheese Tortellini and Buitoni Pesto with Basil.
Here's what they look like in their packaging so you know what to look for in your grocery store:
Simple, fresh ingredients that, when combined, create a tasty, fast, wholesome meal the whole family can enjoy!
Fast and Fabulous Family Dinner
We'm not going to hold back: We could eat this entire pesto steak recipe all on the own. It's SO yummy and satisfying, and once We start, it's hard to stop eating. But, We do have three other mouths to feed in this house, so this recipe does make enough to share with the whole family.
Because you use the same skillet to cook the steak and to cook the sauce, the creamy pesto soaks up the extra juicy steak flavor.
Add a handful of fresh Roma tomatoes, and it's a colorful, bright, fresh dinner that can be on the table in 30 minutes! Perfect for busy weeknights when we're shuttling between work and school, sports and friends' houses.
Simple Vegetarian Option
For the vegetarian friends out there, this dish is SO simple to make: simply leave out the steak.
Voila! A fresh, tasty, satisfying vegetarian meal.
Creamy Pesto Steak Tortellini
By Marlynn Schotland
Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 20 mins Servings: 4
This pesto steak tortellini makes for the perfect quick lunch or dinner. Hearty and tasty!
Ingredients
1 16- oz package of Buitoni Three Cheese Tortellini
2 Tablespoons olive oil
8 oz. rib eye steak
Steak seasoning packet, your favorite, or try a blend of salt and pepper + cayenne, cumin, garlic, rosemary
1 8- oz package of Buitoni Pesto Sauce
1/4 cup heavy cream, can also use regular milk or Almond Milk
1 cup sliced roma tomatoes
Instructions
Bring a large stockpot of water to a boil and cook Buitoni pasta according to package directions.
Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Season steak with your favorite steak seasoning, and then cook steak to your preferred level of doneness. We like the steak medium-rare, and an 8-ounce rib eye that's about 1.5″ thick usually cooks in about 5-6 minutes on each side.
Lower the heat to medium, then remove steak from the skillet and let cool at room temperature on a plate.
To the same skillet, add pesto sauce and stir to help loosen the steak bits from the bottom of the pan. After about a minute, slowly add the heavy cream or milk. Stir to blend and heat for another minute.
Add sliced tomatoes, stir and cook the sauce for approximately 2-3 more minutes, until tomatoes have slightly softened.
Add the cooked pasta plus 1/4 cup of starchy hot pasta water into the skillet and stir tortellini so that it is well coated with the creamy pesto sauce.
Slice the steak into bite-size pieces and stir into the pasta and sauce.
