Asiago cheese-filled tortelloni baked in alfredo with a blend of Italian cheeses and toasted breadcrumbs, topped with sliced grilled chicken.

Olive Garden Asiago Tortelloni Alfredo with Grilled Chicken (1 Serving) contains 95g total carbs, 90g net carbs, 131g fat, 112g protein, and 1980 calories.

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Panera Bread Chicken Tortellini Alfredo (1 serving) contains 68g total carbs, 65g net carbs, 39g fat, 32g protein, and 750 calories.

It's a stuffed pasta made with flour and eggs and filled with a thick, creamy cheese. Some add veggies and meats to the mix, while I stick to the basics – but read on to learn how to make tortellini with all sorts of fun fillings!

Tortellini is a ring shaped stuffed pasta that is typically filled with meat, cheese or vegetables. Tortelloni is a larger version of Tortellini. It is a traditional pasta in the Bologna region of Italy and is often served in broth. In Italy, it is traditional to serve tortellini this way on Christmas Eve.

The Bad News: Fat and Calorie Overload A typical portion of this decadent dish has 1200 calories, 75 grams of fat, 47 grams of saturated fat and gives you more than half a day's worth of sodium. Yikes! Looking at a recipe, it's not hard to figure out why.

Asiago Cheese

If you're trying to eat healthy, you may want to steer clear of these Olive Garden menu items.

• Sausage stuffed giant rigatoni.
• Classic calamari.
• Five Italian cheese fondue.
• Lasagna fritta.
• Chicken parmigiana.
• Braised beef and tortellini.
• Steak gorgonzola alfredo.
• Chocolate caramel lasagna.

And Olive Garden built on that idea to develop its own recipe in the early 1980s, which includes butter, milk, cream, flour, garlic, imported parmesan cheese, and imported Romano cheese. "Adding cream gives alfredo sauce a richer, more full-bodied finish that Americans love," the Olive Garden spokesperson said.

A single 16-ounce serving of chicken alfredo has 590 calories and several key nutrients. Broken down into macros, they include 40 grams of protein, 34 grams of fat, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of sugar, and 620 milligrams of sodium.

Italy Tortellini, tiny hat-shaped bundles of filled pasta, are one of the most iconic and beloved dishes of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. They are particularly associated with the provinces of Bologna and Modena; each has claimed for centuries that they originated the dish and that their version reigns supreme.

Meaning of tortellini in English tortellini. noun [ U ] /ˌtɔː.təlˈiː.ni/ us. /ˌtɔːr.t̬əˈliː.ni/ a type of pasta in folded shapes that are filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables.

Tortellini is a ring shaped stuffed pasta that is typically filled with meat, cheese or vegetables. Tortelloni is a larger version of Tortellini. It is a traditional pasta in the Bologna region of Italy and is often served in broth. In Italy, it is traditional to serve tortellini this way on Christmas Eve.

Typical from the Emilia Romagna region, tortellini is the world most famous filled pasta. Tortellino comes etymologically from tortello, a diminutive of torta, which means pie in italian. Tortellini are called so because they are filled just like little pies.

Pasta alfredo isn't a particularly healthy dish. Traditional alfredo sauce is made with a lot of heavy cream and cheese. It's often high in calories or fat, but you can make it healthier!