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Cheesy Baked Tortellini - easy and delicious baked tortellini casserole loaded with cheese. Great recipe for dinner as it takes only 10 mins active time.
Baked Tortellini
Baked Tortellini is one of the easiest recipes you can make for the entire family.
Imagine cheese filled tortellini doused in your favorite pasta sauce and loaded with two kinds of cheese, this tortellini casserole is so delicious.
The best thing about this recipe is that the active time is 10 minutes but it feeds the entire family. There is no hassle to make the dish as you can get everything in the supermarkets.
Fresh Vs. Frozen Tortellini
You can get fresh and frozen tortellini at the stores. Buy them fresh if they are available, if not, you can always cook and bake frozen tortellini in the oven.
However, for the best results, I usually parboil frozen tortellini in hot boiling water for a minute or so before baking them in the oven.
How Do You Make Baked Tortellini
To make baked tortellini, you need the following ingredients:
- Fresh or frozen cheese tortellini
- Pasta sauce
- Mozarella cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Olive oil
First, you parboil the tortellini. Then you transfer them to a baking dish and mix with the pasta sauce.
After that, you top the tortellini with the cheese and bake in oven.
The baked tortellini will be done when the cheese melts and turn golden brown.
For my recipe, I used mini tortellini because I just love everything mini. Things just seem better when they are mini sized.
However, you can use regular sized tortellini. Try this Cheesy Baked Tortellini recipe, I am sure you will love it.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 282 calories per serving.
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Cheesy Baked Tortellini
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 20 refrigerated cheese-filled tortellini classic cheese mini tortellini , or regular-sized tortellini
- 24 oz (680g) pasta sauce
- 8 oz (230g) mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon parsley leaves, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Add the olive oil to a baking dish and spread it to coat evenly.
- Cook the tortellini in boiling water until they float to the top, about 1 to 2 minutes. Drain.
- Toss the tortellini with the pasta sauce and stir to combine well.
- Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese, followed by the chopped parsley.
- Bake uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cheeses are melted and the top and edges are golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this today added 1 lb ground beef and a little salsa. Very good. It’s a keeper!
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Am I able to substitute pasta sauce with passata? And when receipe called for tomato paste or puree?
Hi Irene. Passata is raw crushed tomatoes, and it contains no seasoning at all. So if you want to use passata instead of pasta sauce, you will need to add aromatics like garlic, onion, herbs, salt and pepper.
Tomato puree is sieved cooked tomatoes, and tomato paste is concentrated tomato puree and adds intensity in flavour. They are all not really interchangeable.
What about dried tortellini? I actually did use that for this dish, boiling it until tender prior to putting in the casserole. It was an extra step but dried tortellini is inexpensive and has a long shelf life. I’ve only seen it cheese filled, but had I time to shop for fresh, I probably would have chosen tortellini with mushroom filling.
Hi Janet. Yes, of course you can use dried tortellini in a pinch. I hope you get to try this recipe with fresh tortellini one day too.
What size baking dish is used here?
9×13-inch baking dish.
Thanks for the info about the dish size!
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Can I make this up until baking and frigerate until ready to bake?
Yes.
Just made this tonight. It was very good. Both my husband and I enjoyed it. If you are using the frozen mini tortellini then you will definitely need more than 20. I used 2/3’s of a 19 oz. bag and it was perfect.
Awesome!
When do you add the parmigiana cheese?
Hi Melissa, oops sorry for the omission, the recipe is updated.
Thank you! I used meat tortellini and it was delicious.
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Wow. That is making me so very hungry right now which is sad because I just at dinner. OMG. I’ll definitely be saving this one for later!
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