Tortellini Casserole with Pumpkin

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 40min
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A delicious Tortellini Casserole with Pumpkin featuring fresh ingredients from the flower vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 400 g green tortellini (fridge section)
  • 400 g pumpkin (diced)
  • 2 Spring Onions
  • 20 g butter
  • 2 sage leaves (chopped)
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 200 g parmesan
  • 4 eggs
  • 0.3 l milk
  • 100 ml heavy cream
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • sage leaf (for garnish)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash, trim and slice the spring onions into thin rings. Sauté them in 2 tablespoons of oil.

  2. 2.

    Place the tortellini, pumpkin, and sliced spring onions in a well-greased baking dish. Separate the eggs; whisk the yolks with the heavy cream and milk, seasoning lightly with salt and pepper. Whisk the egg whites very stiff and fold gently together with 100 g parmesan. Pour this mixture over the casserole (adjust the liquid as needed).

  3. 3.

    Sprinkle the remaining parmesan on top and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 30–40 minutes until golden brown.

  4. 4.

    Serve sprinkled with sage leaves.