Tortellini Carbonara

Everyone loves Tortellinis; stuffed with spinach, ham, or cheese. However you like it, Tortellinis are perfect for stuffing. Now listen, pasta is always better made from scratch and so are the sauces. But if you don't have the time, it's always a good substitute to buy a packaged tortellini meal and boil it for about 8 to 10 minutes. Don't boil it longer because it will come apart. The sauce is simply made with butter, cold milk, and cheese. You can buy the pre-made powdered cheese but real cheese is always better ;).

Preparing the tortellinis are simple as 1,2,3. The challenge is in preparing the Carbonara sauce. You need to heat up a small pot and place the extremely cold milk along with about 2 tablespoons of fresh butter and cheese (cow's milk is the best for this sauce), and stir, stir, and stir. Keep stirring while the sauce cooks. It'll take about 5 minutes. The sauce will begin to thicken and when this happens you can lower the heat and stir until you get the consistency you desire.

Drain the Tortellinis and drop in the Carbonara sauce nice and hot. Use a small spoon to toss everything together so that you don't accidentally tear the pasta with any sharp edges. Top it all off with fresh parsley (home grown garden parsley is phenomenal) and Voila!!!

Enjoy!