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Friday, May 6, 2011

Pumpkin and Mascarpone Tortellini with Sage butter sauce


I was inspired to make this after I saw a review where someone (I can't remember which blog sorry) had this in a restaurant.


Firstly I roasted a butternut. Donna Hay had a great tip for roasting one on her show, cut it in half and scoop out the seeds then drizzle with olive oil and roast. I chose to season mine with cinnamon and allspice. Once soft, scoop out the middle and puree. I always seem to cut myself when peeling pumpkins so I loved this suggestion. When I have roast pumpkin I leave the skin on, its delicious and good for you!


I made my pasta dough with half spelt flour and half wholemeal flour. The pumpkin filling I made by combining one cup of my pumpkin puree with one cup of marscapone, 25g of freshly grated parmesan and plenty of seasoning.





It was lots of fun making the tortellini because my three year old daughter Evie helped me. She was really good - she watched very closely as I showed her how to make them and then did it all by herself and after a making a couple perfected it. I couldn't believe it, she honestly made about a third of the tortellini. And when I cooked them only one tortellini burst so she did a good job (it was probably mine that burst :P).


To go with the tortellini I toasted some almonds in olive oil and tossed with some steamed green beans along with a dressing of red wine vinegar and lemon juice. I also cut tomatoes in half and lined with basil leaves before popping in a piece of buffalo style mozzarella cheese (was only 10% buffalo milk), also a Donna Hay technique! I then baked these until soft and gooey. For the butter sauce I just heated butter until sizzling and then added the sage leaves.


I really enjoyed this meal, it was great to make and delicious to eat. The filling was so soft and flavoursome, it went perfectly with crispy sage leaves. My hubby said it was a little oily for him with the sauce and cheeses but I thought it was great. I will be making this again!

20 comments:

  1. These look perfect! I am cooking with pumpkin too this weekend, it's the perfect autumn ingredient!

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  2. Very professional looking!!! Can Evie come and make me some??

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  3. yummy autumn googd baked to perfection:) Nice to have visited your blog:) great work..
    Reva

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  4. I just love butternut pumpkin so I know I will love this. Diane

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  5. My MIL taught me a tip with pumpkin-whack the whole thing in the oven and roast it for an hour! :P

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  6. BUONI!!! Yum! Lovely filling! Now I know why you needed buffalo mozzarella ;-) It all looks delicious and your daughter is so patient! I too have a 3 year old girl, but she gets bored too quickly... hehehe Well done! :-)

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  7. I love to try this recipe.. but is it ok if I substitute the butternut with ordinary pumpkin? Butternut is hard to come by here..

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  8. Yum! I think I could eat pumpkin tortellini for every meal! These look fantastic!

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  9. Aww, bless, Evie is so cute! And a great help too it seems!

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  10. Wow, you made this look so easy..... Love it!!

    http://ladyonaroof.blogspot.com/

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  11. They look delicious, indeed!It looks like before long little Evie will be posting recipes as well..haha..She's extremely cute!

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  12. ooh sage butter sounds awesome!! Have to try this recipe sometime soon.

    And your daughter is uber cute!! =)

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  13. I have never tried tortellini with pumpkin filling!They seem yummy!And I just love the sage butter sauce!Have a lovely weekend, dear!

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  14. This is just too adorable...! A three-year-old making tortellini by herself :)!! Could you please tell her that she's done a very very good job :)?

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  15. Oh man, I love that pumpkin filling! I bet they taste incredible! :)

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  16. We are definitely thinking alike. In the fall (here that is Nov.) I made a roasted butternut squash ravioli. Delicious (not the best photos but I was learning...)! Recently, I just made dumplings folded just this from a recipe on the blog "Almost Bourdain". My daughter helped me too (of course, she is 17)! Yours look delicious!

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  17. Looks amazing, but you knew that ;) lol! I made something similar once, but with a danish feta. Didn't post it because they didn't look quite so nice...

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  18. I always nibble on the pumpkin skin and potato skins after I grill them - knew it was healthy somehow!!! Lovely recipe... anything with sage butter is just fab!

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  19. I love roast pumpkin and this tortellini looks amazing. By the way, I saw Donna's show and thought the pumpkin roasting tip was great. She's always got lots of great tips.

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