Costco Kirkland 5-Cheese Tortelloni Review
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Ease: Super Easy
Cost: $14.74 for 2-Pack
If you’re looking for an easy weeknight meal that takes less than five minutes of active cook-time to make, the Kirkland-brand five-cheese tortelloni from Costco will be a refrigerator staple.
This tortelloni is cost-effective at just over $1 per serving and tastes great — especially when prepared with other Costco favorites, like the basil pesto.
Find out how to make this tortelloni, how much it costs overall, what tortelloni even is, and the best ways to serve it.
COSTCO Kirkland 5-Cheese Tortelloni Review Score - 9.67/10
Flavor - 9/10
Preparation - 10/10
Cost - 10/10
Flavor Rating
This cheese tortellini is as good as any I’ve ever tried (and this includes the Trader Joe’s cheese tortellini).
Preparation Rating
Making the Kirland 5-cheese tortellini is as easy as boiling water (literally).
Cost Rating
Compared to other similar tortellini on the market, the Costco brand is very inexpensive. Trader Giotto’s cheese tortellini costs around $2.80 for 280 grams; the Costco variation costs $14.74 for 2,800 grams. For the same amount of pasta at Trader Joe’s, you pay around $28.
Costco tortellini cooking instructions
To cook Costco Tortelloni, simply follow these instructions:
1. Heat a pot of water on high.
2. Generously salt your water.
3. Once water has come to a boil, carefully add tortellini.
4. Let cook for 3 minutes.
5. Set aside 2 cups of starchy pasta water to add to the sauce later to help tortellini bind to the sauce (I use a ladle to scoop out the water into a small pitcher).
6. Drain tortellini.
That’s it!
ideas TO USE KIRKLAND 5-CHEESE TORTELLONi
There are so many ways to use this cheese tortelloni, but two of my go-to recipes include serving it with pesto, arugula, and burrata, or serving it in a soup.
Tortelloni With Pesto, Arugula & Burrata
One of my go-to easy weeknight dinners is tortelloni with pesto, arugula, and burrata, which takes only about 10 minutes to make. Simply boil the Kirkland tortelloni for three minutes.
Drain (reserving some of the starchy pasta water) and add the tortelloni back into the pot. Mix basil pesto into the pasta and add a little of the starchy water to help the sauce bind to the pasta.
Top with arugula, a drizzle of olive oil (I like the Terra Delyssa olive oil from Costco), burrata, parmesan cheese, and red pepper flakes.
Italian Tortelloni Soup
If I have a little more time to make dinner, I’ll use the Costco tortelloni in an Italian soup. I love this soup because you can easily modify it to include your favorite ingredients.
Heat up olive oil in a pot on medium heat and add a few handfuls of frozen onion, and season with salt and pepper (be careful of how much salt you add, as the bouillon you add later may contain sodium); allow the onion to cook until it’s translucent, and then add some roasted garlic.
Add some crushed Italian sausage to the pan, and allow the sausage to brown.
Once the sausage is browned, deglaze the pan with water (crank up the heat to high, add about 1/4 cup of water, and scrape the brown bits like hell). Then, add about two cups of water to the pot, add some chicken bouillon (I usually add one or two cubes because I like my soup really flavorful). Add a few squirts of tomato past.
Let your soup cook for at least 10 to 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
Then, add your tortelloni. Cook for three minutes.
Once the tortelloni is cooked, turn off the heat and add a few handfuls of kale or spinach. Put the lid on the pot to allow the greens to wilt.
I also like to add some crème fraîche, half-and-half, or sour cream to the soup at this point to make it creamy. I also top my soup with some crushed red pepper to give it a little kick.
Costco Kirkland 5-cheese tortelloni Nutritional Information
Servings: About 14 (2 packs) servings per container
Serving Size: 1 cup (100g)
Calories: 270
Total Fat: 8g
Saturated Fat: 5g
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 50mg
Sodium: 510mg
Total Carbohydrate: 37g
Dietary Fiber: 3g
Total sugars: 3g
Includes: 0g Added Sugars
Protein 13g
Vit. D: 0mcg
Calcium: 178mg
Iron: 1mg
Potas.: 200mg 4%
Costco 5-cheese tortelloni Ingredients
INGREDIENTS: FILLING (RICOTTA (WHEY, MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR), PARMIGIANO REGGIANO® CHEESE (COW'S MILK, SALT, RENNET), MASCARPONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, PASTEURIZED CREAM), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), BREADCRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SALT), CHICORY ROOT FIBER, PECORINO ROMANO CHEESE (CULTURED SHEEP'S MILK, SALT, RENNET), CORNSTARCH, POTATO FIBER, POTATO STARCH, DEHYDRATED POTATOES, VEGETABLE FIBER, NATURAL FLAVORS, 2% OR LESS OF SALT).
5-Cheese Tortelloni FAQs
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Per the package instructions, you should boil this tortelloni for three minutes.
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Just bring a pot of water to boil, and cook tortelloni for three minutes.
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Yes! If you decide to freeze the tortelloni, you’ll need to increase the cook time from three minutes up to five to eight minutes.
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Tortellini and tortelloni are both filled pastas. Tortellini generally contains meat while tortelloni contains cheese!