Tortellini With Creamy Roasted Garlic Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 -2 head garlic (depending on how intense you want your sauce)
• 1 -3 tablespoon olive oil, divided
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• salt and pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) package tortellini (fresh or frozen)
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 to roast your garlic, cut off the tops of the heads to expose the cloves (using a serrated knife will make this much easier).
• 3 place the heads in a square of aluminum foil with the head facing up.
• 4 drizzle with 1 or 2 tablespoons olive oil (2 tbsp for 2 heads).
• 5 seal the foil and roast for 1 hour.
• 6 let cool, and then separate heads into cloves and squeeze each clove to extract the garlic.
• 7 place the roasted garlic into a blender or food processor.
• 8 add the 1 tablespoon remaining olive oil and 1/4 cup cream and whirl until garlic is pulverized.
• 9 add the rest of the cream, sour cream, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
• 10 whirl to combine.
• 11 sauce will be thick at this point. set aside.
• 12 cook the pasta until al dente; drain.
• 13 melt the butter in a skillet.
• 14 add the pasta and toss with the butter until coated.
• 15 add the sauce, cook and stir until sauce becomes thin.
• 16 simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 17 serve immediately with extra parmesan cheese on top to desired taste.
• 18 to make this a more substantial meal, you could add chopped cooked chicken or shrimp, broccoli or peas.