Million Greenback Cheese Tortellini is flavorful, creamy, and comforting. Made with retailer purchased tortellini, marinara, alfredo sauce, and gooey cheese, it’s the right weeknight dinner!
A BIG DOLLAR CREAMY TORTELLINI BAKE
Similar to all the opposite Million Greenback recipes, this Million Greenback Cheese Tortellini actually lives as much as its title. It’s creamy, tacky (just a little wealthy) and tastes like 1,000,000 bucks! Tender cheese-filled tortellini are baked in a mix of marinara and alfredo sauce, creating that “million greenback” taste with minimal effort. Whether or not you employ floor beef or Italian sausage, this simple pasta bake is straightforward to throw collectively making it the right weeknight meal!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Ravioli can be utilized instead of tortellini. If utilizing frozen, you want to let it thaw first.
Inexperienced pepper and onion are nice additions to this dish. Be sure you prepare dinner them with the bottom beef.
If you need it saucier, you might undoubtedly use a bigger (32 ounce) jar of sauce.
Leftovers could be saved lined within the fridge for 4-5 days. Reheat them within the microwave. Additionally, you possibly can freeze leftovers for as much as 3 months (can freeze earlier than or after cooking – simply cowl nicely to guard from freezer burn).
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- refrigerated cheese tortellini– The cheese tortellini doesn’t should be boiled beforehand. You need to use frozen tortellini, however you’d want extra time for it to prepare dinner or thaw it out some earlier than utilizing.
- floor beef– This may also be made with floor pork, turkey or rooster. If you wish to add just a little spice, use Italian sausage!
- marinara sauce– Sometimes I like Rao’s roasted garlic sauce however it might get dear except I can get a coupon. So, use no matter you want and is inside your price range. The Classico sauce used right here is about half the worth of Rao’s proper now, and it turned out nice. In the event you favor, you can also make Selfmade Marinara Sauce,
- garlic powder, Italian seasoning, black pepper – I don’t discover black pepper spicy in any respect however when you do, reduce on it or go away it out.
- alfredo sauce– seize a jar of your favourite sauce, or use some selfmade Alfredo sauce like I exploit in my Million Greenback Spaghetti recipe.
- heavy cream– this may be non-obligatory, however that’s what actually brings that ‘Million Greenback’ wealthy taste.
- shredded mozzarella cheese – use pre-shredded or shred your personal.
HOW TO MAKE MILLION DOLLAR CHEESE TORTELLINI:
Preheat the oven to 350F levels. Spray a 9×13-inch casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Put aside. Add the bottom beef to a skillet. Cook dinner and crumble over medium/medium-high warmth till it’s not pink. Drain any extra grease and place again into the skillet. Stir within the jar of marinara sauce, two teaspoons garlic powder, two teaspoons Italian seasoning and 1 ½ teaspoons floor black pepper and proceed to warmth over medium-low till heated via. Flip off warmth.
Add the tortellini to the casserole dish and unfold out to evenly cowl the underside. Pour within the alfredo sauce and heavy cream. Stir the tortellini to verify they’re all lined. Pour the meat combination evenly over the tortellini.
Sprinkle two cups shredded mozzarella cheese evenly excessive. Cowl the dish with aluminum foil and bake on the center rack for 20 minutes. Take away the foil and proceed to bake uncovered for a further 20 minutes or and it’s effervescent across the edges. Take away from the oven and permit it to chill barely earlier than serving.
Elective: prime with chopped parsley. Then serve.
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Energy: 826kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 40g | Fats: 51g | Sodium: 1715mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g
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