Pasta Vegetable Bake
This is the best pasta vegetable bake ever! Delicious tortellini baked in a vegetable sauce with lots of cheese, comfort food at its best.
Servings: 4
Calories: 671kcal
Ingredients
- 450 g/ 1 lbs fresh tortellini or 250 g/ 8.8 oz dried ones See note
- 1 medium onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4 red bell peppers
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 200 g/ 7 oz cherry tomatoes
- 125 ml/ ½ cup vegetable stock
- 125 g/ 4.2 oz/ 1 ½ cup feta
- 125 g/ 4.2 oz/ 1 ½ cup grated cheese Gouda, Cheddar
- fine sea salt and pepper
- basil optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cook the pasta according to the packet's instructions. Fresh pasta only needs 1 or 2 minutes, dried pasta longer. Drain well and return the pasta to the pan.
In the meantime chop the onion, the garlic cloves, and the bell peppers very finely. - Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion cubes and cook until translucent. Add the garlic and the peppers and cook for about 5 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Add the salt, pepper, and oregano.
- Chop the tomatoes and add them to the pan together with the vegetable stock. Let cook for further 5 minutes.
- Add the sauce to the pasta in the pan, add the crumbled feta and mix well. Adjust the taste with more salt and pepper if necessary.
- Brush a casserole dish of about 25x20/10x8 inches with a little olive oil. Add the pasta mixture to the dish and sprinkle everything with the grated cheese.
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and heated through. Garnish with some fresh basil and serve with a green salad.
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Notes
I used fresh tortellini (not homemade) filled with spinach and ricotta, but you can choose any filling you like. If you only have dry tortellini, cook about 250 g/ 8.8 oz according to the packet's instructions, you will have roughly the same amount of cooked tortellini in the end.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 of the dish | Calories: 671kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 1189mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g