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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook tortellini until just done, about 8 minutes. | 2. drain, rinse with cold water and toss with a little olive oil if not serving at once. | 3. In a food processor, drop garlic in a whirl 10 seconds, add sunflower seeds, grated cheese, capers and parsley and whirl to a coarse puree. | 4. with the machine running add 1/2 cup olive oil in a thin stream. | 5. Season with salt & pepper. | 6. In a saucepan, combine tortellini with sauce to coat heating through. | 7. pour into a warm shallow bowl to serve. | 8. Skewer several tortellini with toothpicks or small skewers and provide additional picks on the side for the remaining tortellini. | 9. This can also be prepared a a cold pasta dish. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tortellini	1/2	lb		696.2651	106.5943	30.6175	16.3974
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
garlic clove	1			-	-	-	-
sunflower seed	2	tablespoons	shelled	33.58	1.15	1.1949	2.9589
parmesan cheese	1	ounce	grated	104.8931	11.3398	11.3398	1.4175
caper	2	tablespoons		3.9560000000000004	0.8411	0.4059	0.1479
parsley	3/4	cup		16.2	2.8485	1.3365	0.3555
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.