Homemade tortellini
Learn how to make homemade tortellini! The following recipe is not the traditional Tortellini alla Bolgonese recipe. It is a little lighter in the filling but works perfectly with all seasoning.
Servings 6
Ingredients
Ingredients for the pasta
- 3 eggs
- 300 gr superfine durum wheat semolina use all purpose flour if you cannot find durum wheat semolina
Ingredients for the filling
- 20 gr Italian or Spanish prosciutto
- 100 gr minced pork
- 50 gr parmigiano
- 1 italian sausage
- salt and pepper
For the chicken broth:
- Chicken bones
- 2 cloves
- 3 cardamom seeds
- 1 potato
- 1 carrot
- 1 stalk cellery
- 1 onion
Instructions
Prepare the broth
- in a large pot put all the ingredients for the broth, turn the heat on and bring it to a boil. Skim the scum and reduce the hit, and then simmer for at least 2 and a half hours.TIP: you can brown the chicken bones in the oven with a little oil for 30 minutes, as a result the broth will be tastier.
- Prepare the pasta following my recipe on How to make home made pasta using the three eggs instead of four.
Prepare the filling
- In a food processor put the prosciutto, minced pork, parmigiano, sausage a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Turn the processor on and mix evenly. You can add nutmeg if you like.
Make tortellini
- Flatten the dough (2mm) and cut it into 4/5cm squares. The smaller the squares, the hardest is to seal the pasta, so if you’re not expert you may want to cut larger squares in order to prepare bigger tortellini.As you get used to the preparation you can make them smaller. Experienced tortellini maker in Bologna cut it into 2cm squares!
- HOW TO CLOSE TORTELLINI: Pour half teaspoon of filling onto each square, lightly wet the sides to close them properly. Then take the square of pasta with the filling on one hand. Fold it to make a triangle. Push close the sides to seal them. Now seal together the two angles at the base of the triangle, keeping your finger inside to create the hole.
- When the broth is ready, sieve it into a smaller pan.
- Bring the broth to a boil and cook the tortellini for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.
