{"id":1348,"date":"2023-12-28T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2023-12-28T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:42:53","slug":"baked-tortellini-with-chicken-gratinati-brittney-and-alex-love-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/baked-tortellini-with-chicken-gratinati-brittney-and-alex-love-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Baked Tortellini with Chicken Gratinati &#8211; Brittney and Alex love this"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Yield:<\/strong>\u00a04\u20136\u00a0servings (depending on the size of your dish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INGREDIENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1&nbsp;14.5\u2013ounce&nbsp;can diced tomatoes, drained<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon&nbsp;salt, divided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;pound&nbsp;of sliced bacon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 tablespoons&nbsp;butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon&nbsp;flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3&nbsp;cups&nbsp;heavy cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon&nbsp;freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pinch freshly grated nutmeg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;cup&nbsp;grated Parmesan Reggiano, divided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6&nbsp;ounces&nbsp;shredded fontina cheese, divided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 1\/2&nbsp;cups&nbsp;finely chopped fresh basil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon&nbsp;finely minced fresh garlic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;pound&nbsp;boneless skinless chicken breast ,cut into bite sized pieces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13-ounce bag frozen tri-colored tortellini (we used regular and it worked great)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INSTRUCTIONS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place tomatoes into a strainer over a bowl and sprinkle with \u00bd teaspoon salt and let sit at room temperature while you prepare the rest of the dish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cook bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels. Cut bacon strips into bite sized pieces and set aside. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a medium pot, melt butter over medium heat and add flour. Cook for four minutes stirring often. While this is cooking, heat cream to hot but not scaled either in a small sauce pan or in the microwave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the hot cream to the butter and flour mixture one third at a time whisking on each third to form a smooth sauce. Add \u00bd teaspoon of salt, pepper, nutmeg, \u00bd cup of Parmesan cheese, 3 ounces of the fontina cheese, fresh basil and minced garlic. Stir to combine, heat to hot and remove from heat. Set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preheat oven to 375 degrees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a large saute pan over medium high, heat two tablespoons of bacon fat and cook chicken for about 1-2 minutes on each side. Should be slightly under-cooked as it will cook further in the oven. Remove cooked chicken to a dish or plate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boil a pot of water and cook tortellini according to package instructions but remove from the water before the tortellini is fully cooked, as it will cook further in the oven.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depending on the size of your dishes, arrange four to six oven-safe, wide flat\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0006BB2J6\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0006BB2J6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=afafe-20&amp;linkId=3LUAEKVU6WZVJGKY\">gratin-cr\u00e8me Brule dishes<\/a> on a parchment-lined sheet pan and spray each dish lightly with pan spray. (We made in one pan instead and served from there)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spoon about two tablespoons of sauce on the bottom of each dish and spread to cover bottoms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divide the cooked tortellini, cooked chicken, cooked bacon and the drained diced tomatoes among the individual dishes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour the sauce over each filled dish, dividing evenly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan and Fontina over the tops of the six dishes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the sheet pan in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the tops are browned and bubbly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afamilyfeast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/chicken-tortellini-gratinati-3.jpg\" alt=\"Baked Tortellini with Chicken Gratinati - Inspired by the dish at Bertucci's, we think our version tastes even better!\" class=\"wp-image-9933\" style=\"width:254px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield:\u00a04\u20136\u00a0servings (depending on the size of your dish) INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,36,26],"tags":[139,452,57,131],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casseroles","category-chicken","category-italian","category-pasta","tag-alfredo","tag-bacon","tag-pasta","tag-tortellini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1349,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennisrecipes.morgeneggs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}