Alfredo Tortellini Casserole – $5 Dinner

You really can’t go wrong with cheese and pasta. These Italians really know how to work these two powerful ingredients together!

I’ll let you in on a little secret… you don’t need to pre-cook tortellini or ravioli if you bake them this way. Not you.

You need to add some boiling hot water to the dish before adding all the other ingredients. And by screaming hot, I mean as hot as it comes out of the faucet. Water does not have to be boiled beforehand.

Screaming hot water plus tortellini…then load up on the other ingredients and alfredo sauce.

And let it bake.

And you’ll be left with a bowl full of cheesy pasta delights!

LIVE COOKING DEMO ~ I did this live on Facebook to show you how it works. If you want to cook with me and make this for dinner, check it out. You can watch to learn more about the cooking and preparation. If you can’t see it live, you can find the replay video on my Facebook page!

Super easy recipe with only five ingredients!

Ingredients

20 oz Pack cheese tortellini
16 oz frozen peas
1 Cup crumbled bacon
24 oz Jar of alfredo sauce
2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
Fresh chopped basil for garnish
Fresh vegetables as an accompaniment

instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a 9×13 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Add the cheese tortellini to the bowl with 1/2 cup of HOT water. Scatter the peas and crumbled bacon around the tortellini. Then pour the alfredo sauce on top and mix gently with the pasta.
Scatter over the grated mozzarella cheese and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the cheese is golden and the tortellini are cooked through.
Serve Alfredo tortellini with vegetables.