Cheesy Tortellini Bake
This quick and easy weeknight pasta dish is a kid and budget friendly family favorite.
Equipment
- 1 8x8" Baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 cups pasta sauce *your favorite marinara
- 1 pound fresh tortellini
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella Or thinly sliced mozzarella
- 1/4 cup fresh parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Put a pot of cold water and bring to a boil add salt
- Spray your baking dish with non stick spray or olive oil
- Grate or slice the mozzarella cheese
- grate the parmesan
- In a small saucepan, heat your pasta sauce
- Once the water is boiling, add salt and the fresh tortellini and cook for 3 minutes then remove with a slotted spoon and add to the pan of warm sauce and toss to coat
- Transfer the pasta and sauce to the baking dish and top with the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses
- Place uncovered in the preheated oven, and bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown and melty.
Notes
This is a super easy put together yet hardy dinner. It can be easily doubled to feed more. I always serve this with a tossed salad and garlic toast to complete the meal.
If you have the time you can make this sauce into a meat sauce by frying up your ground meat of choice (season of course) and then add the tomato sauce to the ground meat (about 500g max).
If you want to elevate this to include a delicious homemade tomato sauce, then try my easy tomato basil sauce, you can find the recipe link in the post.