Prep & Bake Creamy Pesto Tortelloni
with Broccoli, Peas & Toasted Panko
- Milk
- Eggs
- Wheat
This crowd-pleasing Italian-inspired oven bake keeps prep and cleanup to a minimum. Tender tortelloni, crisp-tender broccoli, sweet peas, bright basil pesto, and velvety cream sauce cook together in an oven-ready tray—no prep required. Finish this rich, savory bake with crunchy panko breadcrumbs for a quick, convenient, and delicious meal in a flash!
Ingredients
4 tablespoon
Pesto
(Contains: Milk)
9 ounce
Tortelloni
(Contains: Eggs, Milk, Wheat)
1 unit
Oven-Ready Tray
4 ounce
Peas
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Mushroom Stock Concentrate
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
1 unit
Broccoli
Not included in your delivery
Olive Oil
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces if necessary. • In oven-ready tray, combine cream sauce base, stock concentrate, and ½ cup water; season with pepper. Stir in tortelloni, broccoli, garlic powder, and half the peas until thoroughly coated. (For 4, divide ingredients between two trays, using ½ cup water and half the peas in each tray.
• Drizzle pesto evenly over tortelloni mixture. • Cover tray tightly with foil; place on top of a baking sheet. Bake on top rack (be sure your oven has preheated!) until tortelloni is tender and sauce is bubbly, 25-30 minutes. (For 4 servings, bake two trays side by side on top rack.
• Once tortelloni is done, carefully remove foil (watch out for steam!). Sprinkle panko over the top, then evenly drizzle with olive oil. Return to oven and bake, uncovered, until panko is golden brown, 5-7 minutes more.
• Divide tortelloni bake between shallow bowls and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the taste, but some found it bland or overpowered by garlic or pesto. Consider adjusting seasoning to preference.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to prepare, though some had trouble mixing ingredients evenly in the provided tray.
- Suggestions: Add more sauce for moisture, and consider including Parmesan or lemon to enhance flavor. Try mixing in a separate bowl for even coating.
- Portions: Several customers wished for more tortelloni to balance the vegetable ratio.
- Texture: Some found pasta unevenly cooked; ensure all pieces are well-coated in sauce before baking.
Reviews from our home cooks
I was unsure if I needed to add more liquid to the pan. Tortellini seemed like it wasn't cooking properly. I ended up having to transfer the meal to a pot to simmer and thicken the extra liquid out. It almost seemed as if I was supposed to cook the tortellini separately in boiling water before transferring it with the rest of the ingredients in the oven.
It's difficult to effectively coat the pasta and broccoli with the sauce before baking. Also, it's a little dry (too little sauce) after baking. Good flavour, though!
Why use only half of the provided peas? That's a waste of perfectly good peas! (And yes I crammed all of them into the pan, was worth it.)
One of our favorites. Could we get a dinner roll or bread stick, or even a salad? I really like the addition of broccoli to bulk it up.
It wasn't clear for 2 people if I should have used the entire garlic powder packet or not. I used it, but I would probably use a little less garlic powder next time as it was suuupppeeerr garlicy. I also threw out the mushroom concentrate as we don't like mushrooms and I used chicken stock concentrate instead. Super yummy! It'd be even better with some sundried tomatoes (not in oil) too!
Love the flavors and how simple it is to make. It needs more sauce to be perfect
Easy and delicious!! It was a little dry - could have used more sauce.
My husband loved it. I thought it was a little dry.
Very good and a great meal when you are busy because it's so easy to throw things together.
I couldn't mix everything correctly once the pasta, the peas, and the broccoli florets in the provided pan as directed. Using a mixing bowl (and spatula to scrape the sides) was so much easier.
