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Tortellini with Chunky Beef Sauce

Tortellini with Chunky Beef Sauce makes for an easy dinner filled with comfort! A rich and rustic sauce filled with fall apart chunks of beef coats soft pillows of tortellini. There's nothing like a bowl of warm pasta!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main
Cuisine: American
Keyword: tortellini, Tortellini with Chuncky Beef Sauce
Servings: 8 serves
Author: Karina Carrel

Ingredients

  • 22 ounce packet fresh tortellini any flavour
  • 1 pound beef fillet scotch or eye fillet, cut into palm-sized pieces
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic or 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large red bell pepper/capsicum seeded, washed and roughly chopped
  • 1 large carrot peeled, washed and chopped
  • 1 pound lean ground beef mince
  • 15 ounce tomato sauce Passata or crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable stock powder
  • Salt and pepper to season
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley divided
  • 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese to serve
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Instructions

  • Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until just tender. Drain and return to pot.
  • While pasta is boiling: fry the beef fillet in batches until browned and cooked to your liking over medium-high heat. Remove from pan and keep warm. 
  • In the same pan, fry the onion, peppers (capsicum) and carrot on medium heat until onion is softened. Sauté the garlic until fragrant (30 seconds).
  • Brown the ground beef while breaking it up with the end of a wooden spoon. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste and vegetable stock powder. Bring to a simmer until sauce begins to thicken and veggies are softened. 
  • Add the cooked beef fillets into the sauce. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for a further 5 - 10 minutes.
  • Season with salt and pepper to your tastes. Top with half of the parsley. 
  • Take off the heat and pour the meat mixture into the same pan as the tortellini. Mix until combined.
    Sprinkle with cheese and remaining parsley to serve.

Notes

Any tortellini is fine for this recipe. The sauce adds a delicious depth of flavour to whatever flavour of tortellini you use!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 522kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 105mg | Sodium: 1.123mg | Potassium: 658mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2.652IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 218mg | Iron: 5mg