Cheese Tortellini With Quick Tomato Sauce Food

CHEESE TORTELLINI WITH QUICK TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook onion in 1 tablespoon olive oil until tender. Add garlic, basil, and oregano and stir until fragrant.
• Add tomatoes with juices, water, broth, and sugar and use a spoon to slightly smash the tomatoes.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer. Allow sauce to simmer and thicken while cooking the tortellini, about 10 minutes. Stir in remaining olive oil and season to taste.
• Cook tortellini al dente according to package directions. Drain but do not rinse.
• Gently mix cooked tortellini with prepared tomato sauce. Top with parmesan cheese and fresh parsley or basil and serve.

QUICK AND EASY SIX CHEESE TORTELLINI BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Cook pasta according to package instructions, but just shy of al dente (the pasta will continue to cook in the oven).
• Meanwhile, heat the cream cheese and the marinara sauce in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the cream cheese is melted and smooth.
• Prepare a 2qt. casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Drain the pasta, and add to the casserole dish.
• Pour the creamy marinara sauce over the pasta.
• Top with mozzarella and parmesan.
• Bake 10-15 minutes, or until top is golden and bubbly.

CHEESE TORTELLINI WITH BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook tortellini according to package. Drain, keep warm.
• Combine rest of ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, simmer 5 minutes. Stir in parmesan.
• Transfer sauce to serving bowl and add tortellini.

TORTELLINI WITH TOMATO & PARMESAN MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• To make tomato sauce, melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a medium saucepan.
• Cook onion and garlc until tender.
• Add tomato sauce and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• To make Parmesan/mushroom sauce, melt remaining 2 tbsp butter in a large saucepan.
• Cook mushrooms and green onions until tender and liquid has evaporated.
• Blend in flour.
• Gradually stir in milk.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
• Remove from heat, stir in Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
• Cover and keep warm.
• Cook tortellini according to package directions.
• Drain.
• Stir into Parmesan/mushroom sauce.
• Pour tomato sauce into a 2L (2QT) shallow baking dish.
• Spoon tortellini mixture over tomato sauce.
• Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Broil until cheese is melted and golden.

TORTELLINI WITH A TOMATO-BASIL CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare tortellini as directed on package.
• Chop tomatoes in chunky pieces.
• Blend bouillon with basil, parsley and pepper into the tomatoes.
• Saute the garlic in olive oil until just white.
• Add to the sauce and bring just to a simmer.
• When sauce is hot, add the cream to a non-aluminum skillet and bring to a slow boil and add the hot tomato sauce and cheese.
• Stir well and blend the tortellini into the pan of tomato basil cream sauce.
• Serve, topped with parsley and cheese.