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Creamy Spinach Mushroom Tortellini with Caramelized Onions is an Italian pasta dish packed with veggies. This easy and delicious meatless recipe is a perfect weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
Caramelized Onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 yellow onions large
¼ teaspoon salt
Creamy pasta sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
08 oz mushrooms (I used crimini mushrooms)
8 oz spinach
1 cup heavy cream
¼ teaspoon salt
9 oz tortellini (I used 3-cheese tortellini, refrigerated)
¼ teaspoon black pepper when serving
Instructions
How to caramelized onions
Peel the onions, wash them and thinly slice them.
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Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add sliced onions and cook on high heat for about 10 minutes, constantly stirring with the spatula.
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Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking the onions for 10 more minutes, continuing to stir, as onions brown even more without burning. At this point add a pinch of salt over the onions.
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Continue cooking for 10 more minutes on medium or low heat, stirring occasionally to make sure onions don’t stick to the bottom of the pan or burn.
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In total, you should have cooked onions for 30 minutes. Remove the onions from the skillet onto a plate.
How to make the creamy sauce
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Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Cook mushrooms for about 5 minutes, occasionally stirring, until mushrooms are soft.
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Add fresh spinach to the skillet and stir on low heat just until spinach starts to wilt.
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Add back the caramelized onions.
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Add 1 cup of heavy cream and ¼ teaspoon salt to the mushroom and spinach mixture and bring to a quick boil. Immediately reduce to simmer. Keep stirring while the sauce simmers for a couple of minutes.
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Add tortellini
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Cook tortellini according to package instructions. Usually, that means to bring a large pot of water to boil. Add tortellini and boil for 7 to 10 minutes. Drain.
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Add cooked and drained tortellini to the creamy sauce. Stir on low heat for a couple of minutes to reheat.
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Top with cracked black pepper when serving.
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