Description
An easy 5 ingredient dinner! Cheese ravioli, spinach, pesto, mozzarella cheese and alfredo sauce layered in a dish and cooked until hot and bubbly.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 oz spinach
- 1/2 cup pesto
- 1 (14.5 oz) jar alfredo sauce or homemade (Bertoli or Prego are my favorite brands)
- 1 (25 oz) bag frozen ravioli
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- Optional: parmesan cheese and fresh basil, chopped for serving
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Chop the spinach well and add it to a mixing bowl. Stir the pesto in with the spinach.
- In a oven safe dish* that fits inside your Instant Pot layer the following ingredients twice: ½ cup alfredo sauce, half of the spinach mixture, half of ravioli. Spread any remaining alfredo sauce on top.
- Pour 1 cup of water into the bottom of your Instant Pot. Place plan with ravioli on top of a trivet with handles*. Lower the trivet and pan into the Instant Pot.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 25 minutes. When the time is up let the pot sit for 5 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top and let melt. Use a spoon to scoop deep to get all the layers and serve garnished with a bit of parmesan and fresh basil.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Chop the spinach well and add it to a mixing bowl. Stir the pesto in with the spinach.
- In your slow cooker layer the following ingredients twice: ½ cup alfredo sauce, half of the spinach mixture, half of ravioli. Spread any remaining alfredo sauce on top.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.
- Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top and let melt. Use a spoon to scoop deep to get all the layers and serve garnished with a bit of parmesan and fresh basil.
Notes
Recipe adapted from an oven version on Betty Crocker.
I used my 6 quart Instant Pot Duo 60 7 in 1*, a 3 quart IP liner* inside my 6 quart pot and the OXO trivet/sling*.
- Category: Pasta
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker