Well I just said goodbye to my family and I'm a bit sad, so I thought saying hello to my food friends might cheer me up! A huge Internet hug to all of you for such sweet well wishes with my family, we had such a wonderful time and ate SO much incredible food, which I will share with you in the near future. I'm going to do my very best in the next few days to catch up with your blogs, because I know I don't want to miss anything!
This baked tortellini was another invention of necessity after realizing that my grocery supply was down. However, I did have my bottomless bag of tortellini from Costco and a Hillshire Farms sausage (just for you Donna!). This dish was absolutely delicious and disappeared fast, I was actually sad to discover that my husband had gotten to the leftovers before I had. Initially I didn't plan to bake it because we were starving and didn't want to wait. But I'm really glad I did, it gave the tortellini time to soak up that much more flavor and you got a nice melty bubbly layer of cheese on top. I can't wait to make this dish again, it's so easy, and fantastic with some crusty bread and a green salad.
Please keep in mind that all measurements are complete guesstimates as I don't measure when I cook, so trust yourself and do what tastes good!
Baked Sausage and Tortellini
Ingredients
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 kielbasa sausage, cubed into 1 inch cubes (I used a turkey kielbasa)
3 cups cooked cheese tortellini
1 jar favorite pasta marinara or spaghetti sauce
Italian seasonings
fennel seeds
garlic salt
1-2 cups mozzarella
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan
Directions
Heat olive oil in large skillet. Saute onions and garlic until soft. Add sausage and cook for 1-2 minutes until sausage is browned. Add sauce, pasta and seasonings to desired taste. Mix until combined and cooked through.
Spoon into a sprayed 8x8 baking pan. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and then layer mozzarella evenly on top of pasta. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown.
This baked tortellini was another invention of necessity after realizing that my grocery supply was down. However, I did have my bottomless bag of tortellini from Costco and a Hillshire Farms sausage (just for you Donna!). This dish was absolutely delicious and disappeared fast, I was actually sad to discover that my husband had gotten to the leftovers before I had. Initially I didn't plan to bake it because we were starving and didn't want to wait. But I'm really glad I did, it gave the tortellini time to soak up that much more flavor and you got a nice melty bubbly layer of cheese on top. I can't wait to make this dish again, it's so easy, and fantastic with some crusty bread and a green salad.
Please keep in mind that all measurements are complete guesstimates as I don't measure when I cook, so trust yourself and do what tastes good!
Baked Sausage and Tortellini
Ingredients
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 kielbasa sausage, cubed into 1 inch cubes (I used a turkey kielbasa)
3 cups cooked cheese tortellini
1 jar favorite pasta marinara or spaghetti sauce
Italian seasonings
fennel seeds
garlic salt
1-2 cups mozzarella
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan
Directions
Heat olive oil in large skillet. Saute onions and garlic until soft. Add sausage and cook for 1-2 minutes until sausage is browned. Add sauce, pasta and seasonings to desired taste. Mix until combined and cooked through.
Spoon into a sprayed 8x8 baking pan. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and then layer mozzarella evenly on top of pasta. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown.
21 comments:
I haven't thought to bake tortellini. Great idea! All that wonderful melty cheese!
It looks delicious! I am a huge pasta fan, so this sounds great!!
I'm glad you had a great time!! This looks so yummy!! What a great idea to bake it!
Look at that cheesy goodness!!!! Pasta makes the world go round, I tell ya!!
SO glad you had a wonderful time and its so nice to have you back. You were missed. I love that when you buy sausage you think of me. I must have done something right.
Your creation looks delicious. Cheesy, sauce, sausage, pasta.. cant get better.
looks delish, sausages and pasta match made in heaven
I looks all melty and gooey and yummy!
This looks so good!
I love kielbasa! I also really love the Foster Farms Turkey Italian Sausages. Have your tried those?
Glad to hear you had a nice time with your family!
Mmmm, I haven't tried those, but I think I must! Thanks for the tip!
Pure comfort food. I'm so glad you had a great visit with your family.
Yum! I love tortellini and kielbasa. I bet they taste great together!
I REALLY like the idea of baking the tortellini! Well done.
Holy melty, gooey, cheesey goodness!!!! This is a pan full of comfort, woman. Dish me up a plate :)
Look at all that yummy, cheesy goodness!
That looks awesome! Love pasta dishes!
Looks great!!! Glad you had a great time w/ your family!!! I hate it when company leaves!!! :( Hang in there! Get back to bloggin' and you'll be back to normal in no time!!!
Give me some garlic bread with a big plate of this and I would be good to go!!!
I have to laugh at myself, because I get so disheartened when I read titles that have 'sausage' in them because although they look delicious, I can't eat them, so I was very happy to see that you used turkey kielbasa (one of my favorite things) in this one! This looks so homey, I love baked pasta!
goodbyes are always hard! but what a way to comfort yourself with the baked tortellini! looks darn tasty!
I'm so glad you had a wonderful time with your family. This looks like a meal that cold cheer anyone up! Yummy!! Sorry that I’ve been an absent commenter; I just finished up my law school exams and am finally getting around to my google reader.
Welcome back! I love baked pasta, this looks like great comfort food.
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