This cheesy baked tortellini is a one-dish-wonder. Easy to throw together with pantry ingredients and leftovers are great, too! A hearty and satisfying meal easy enough for a weeknight but fancy enough for company!
For the sauce, you’ll need 28 ounces crushed tomatoes, 6-8 ounces fresh cherry or grape tomatoes, Italian seasoning, a little sugar and baking soda, and garlic.
You’ll also need a 20-ounce package of your favorite tortellini (I love something with sausage or chicken and cheese in this recipe) 8 ounces of grated mozzarella and 1/4 cup freshly shredded parmesan (grate it yourself if possible–pre-shredded cheese is coated with a powder that makes it melt weirdly.) You’ll also need a 20-ounce package of your favorite tortellini. Messipe Tip: Before grating the cheese, fold a paper towel and add a drop of Palmolive Ultra Strength. When you’re done grating the cheese, give the grater a quick wipe to prevent the cheese from drying and to make clean-up quick and easy.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
While the water is heating, slice the tomatoes in half
and heat the olive oil in a large, oven-safe skillet (if possible.) Add tomatoes and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the tomatoes begin to burst.
Add remaining sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer, then cover and reduce heat.Â
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Add the tortellini to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Remove the sauce from heat. Drain the tortellini and transfer to the sauce pot or use a slotted spoon to remove the tortellini from the water and add to the sauce. Stir gently to combine,
then top with the shredded mozzarella and parmesan.
Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for4-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Serve immediately.
Baked Cheesy Tortellini
Ingredients
SAUCE
- 4-5 cloves garlic minced
- 6-8 ounces grape or cherry tomatoes halved
- 1-2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 28- ounce can crushed tomates
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- Pinch baking soda to neutralize the acid
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 20 oz. refrigerated tortellini something with sausage or chicken and cheese works great in this recipe, but your favorite variety will work!
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese grated
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- While the water is heating, heat the olive oil in a large, oven-safe skillet (if possible.) Add tomatoes and garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the tomatoes begin to burst.
- Add remaining sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer, then cover and reduce heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then simmer, covered, stirring occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Add the tortellini to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Remove the sauce from heat. Drain the tortellini and transfer to the sauce pot or use a slotted spoon to remove the tortellini from the water and add to the sauce. Stir gently to combine, then top with the shredded mozzarella and parmesan. Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 4-5 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Serve immediately.
Questions & Reviews
Your recipe looks delicious. I never thought of making tortellini like that.
Thanks for the recipe (looks delish!) and cleaning tips!
Love all the tips!! And the recipe 🙂
This will be dinner tomorrow night.
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One pan dishes are the best. Plus I know my child will always eat pasta!
Liked Palmolive’s FB page. (p.s. I liked your story about dish duty. Everyone in my family knows NOT to load the dishwasher, or at least not to get offended when I “fix” it.) 🙂
I just picked up F.P. Jr’s “Back to the Kitchen” cookbook last weekend! (The Bob Wall is already my new go-to burger recipe.) This dish looks simple and delish. Thanks!
Making this for dinner this week! Do you think you could freeze half? and then bake later?
Absolutely!
Looks yummy!
My kids really need to get on board with eating tomato sauce. This looks delicious!
Also liked palmolive’s page!
Looks delicious!! And I love one dish “messipe” ideas!!
Love easy and kid-friendly recipes, thanks!
Cheesy pasta. My favorite type of dish.
Looks great! My kids may actually eat it!
Is this something that you could freeze and eat later?
Absolutely! I wouldn’t melt the cheese, just top it with the cheese, cover with foil, and then when you’re ready to eat it, bake at 350 for about an hour.
Thank you!!
Thank you! I often have to cook for CROWDS,in the summet5 and any thing I can freeze, and heat up “the day of”…… is always a plus!!
Can’t ever have too baked tortellini recipes! Thanks for sharing.
Looks delicious! I like the idea of using this recipe for entertaining, it would look fantastic on the table!
I love this kind of recipe where it is easy and satisfying. Good work girls!!
Looks amazing and something everyone would eat at our house! What size is the pan you used? Would love to start getting enamel Dutch oven cookware, but trying to decide which size would be best to start with.
I love the 12″ pans. This is the 3 quart lodge casserole–probably my favorite!!
Looks yummy and kid friendly! Win win!
Baked pasta rules. I wish that was in my mouth right now.
My family will love this recipe! Thank you!
Any recipe with the word “cheesy” on it is a winner in my book, messy or not! 🙂
sounds delish!! I am definitely trying this one! thanks
This sounds delicious. I just bought tortellini to make something else, but I think I’ll try this one instead.
This may be a “messipe” in the fact that it makes for a messy pan at the end, but I LOVE recipes that end with putting a one dish meal into the oven to cook for a bit so you have time to clean up all of the prep dishes before you sit down to eat. It’s so nice to have clean up consist of putting the dinnerware in the dishwasher and putting one pot in the sink to soak 🙂
Thanks for sharing another delicious recipe – and for the cleaning tips!
Looks like a kid-pleaser!