Tortellini Pasta Salad
This bright, chef-inspired Tortellini Pasta Salad brings the vivid, sun-kissed flavors of the Mediterranean to your table in a beautifully crafted side. Featuring tender tri-color cheese tortellini, creamy Mozzarella pearls, and a vibrant dressing studded with red peppers, artichokes, and olives, it's perfectly balanced, colorful, and full of flavor. Ready in just 10 minutes, it's a simple way to bring something elevated to your table or makes a great base for the addition of fresh or grilled vegetables. It also works beautifully a satisfying vegetarian option.
To build out a complete meal, this pasta salad pairs wonderfully with grilled favorites like our Marinated Chicken Skewers, Bacon Wrapped Pork Medallions, or Filet Mignons. No matter how you serve it, your guests will love its bright taste and effortless elegance.
Each kit includes:
1 - Tri Color Cheese Tortellini (16 oz. tray)
1 - Mediterranean-inspired Salad Dressing (12 oz. pouch)
1 - Mozzarella Pearls (4 oz. pack)
Each Tortellini Pasta Salad is 32 oz. and serves 4 to 6.
Preparation
Keep frozen until ready to use.
Thaw overnight under refrigeration. Bring 4 quarts of salted water to a rapid boil. Carefully add pasta to water. Reduce heat and simmer for approximately 3 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Strain pasta and chill in cold water for 3 minutes. Strain pasta again and add to a mixing bowl. Open mozzarella pouch and salad dressing pouch on top of the tortellini in mixing bowl. Mix well to incorporate all ingredients. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
Ingredients
Tortellini Pasta: Wheat Flour, Water, Eggs, Tomato Paste (Color), Spinach (Color), Beta-carotene (Color), Annatto Oil (Color).
Tortellini Filling: Cheese Blend (Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Asiago Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, Romano Cheese [whey, Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Pasteurized Part-skim Cows Milk, Cheese Cultures, Vinegar, Salt, Enzymes]), Cracker Meal (Wheat Flour), Plant And Vegetable Fibers (Cellulose [fiber, Psyllium [husk]), Sea Salt, Canola Oil, Basil, Black Pepper.
Salad Dressing: Oil Blend (Canola, Extra Virgin Olive Oil), Piquillo Peppers (Red Piquillo Pepper, Water, Sugar, Salt, Calcium Chloride And Citric Acid), Artichokes (Quartered Artichoke, Water, Salt, Citric Acid), Basil Blend (Basil Genovese, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Ascorbic Acid), Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-skim Cows Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Green Olives (Green Olives, Water, Salt, Lactic Acid), Black Olives (Black Olives, Water, Salt, Ferrous Gluconate [to Stabilize Color]), Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sea Salt, Garlic, Cultured Dextrose, Rosemary Extract, Black Pepper.
Perline Mozzarella Cheese: Pasteurized Milk, Vinegar, Salt, Enzymes.
Contains: Egg, Milk And Wheat.