# Tortellini with Lemon Cream Sauce

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 250 grams tortellini
- 0.33 cup butter
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 0.75 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 cups spinach
- 1 lemon
- 0.5 lemon zest
- 0.25 tsp pepper
- 0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
- basil

## Instructions

1. Get some tortellini into some boiling water.
2. To a pan I’m going to add some butter.
3. Add olive oil, some garlic, some spices.
4. Add some heavy cream.
5. Add the juice of a lemon and some of the zest, make sure you're mixing it as you do so that the sauce doesn't curdle.
6. Add your zest.
7. Add a nice amount of parmesan cheese.
8. Get your spinach and cooked tortellini in that pan, start mixing it up.
9. Add some of that pasta water.
10. Top this with more fresh parm, more lemon zest and then lots of fresh cracked pepper.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- grater
- knife

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@sammymontgoms/video/7237167081668529414?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/778715a8-e182-4dac-ad89-ab46ebad0a93
- Extracted: 2025-08-22

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