INGREDIENTS

For the Stuffing
  • 3/4 cup pork loin cut into ½ inch cubes
  • 2/3 cup of Mortadella cut into ½ inch cubes
  • 1/2 cup of Parma ham cut into ½ inch cubes
  • 3/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg
  • Nutmeg to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • 4 teaspoons butter
For the Pasta Dough
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 ¼ cups of 00 flour
Brodo
  • 5 quarts capon broth (chicken consommé, beef consommé or a beef & chicken consommé can also be used)

GUIDE / INSTRUCTIONS

For the Stuffing
  • To prepare the stuffing, sauté the pork loin gently with butter in a non-stick pan until you get light browning, remove from heat and set aside so it cools. Once the pork loin is at room temperature, put the pork loin in a food processor together with the Mortadella, Parma ham, parmesan cheese and nutmeg. Mix well, until the mixtures have a nice and consistent texture. Add salt and pepper. Reserve in a bowl, cover with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.
For the Pasta Dough
  • The next day, start to prepare the pasta dough. Combine the flour and eggs into a mixer at low speed for 2 to 3-minutes and then at high speed for another 4-minutes. At this point the dough should have a compact texture. Shape as a bowl, wrap in plastic film and reserve for one hour in the fridge. After this time, remove the dough from the fridge, dust some flour on your working table and use a rolling pin (or a pasta machine) to start to flatten the pasta dough, until it is very thin.
For the Tortellini
  • Now using a pasta cutter or a knife, cut the dough into 1 ½ inch squares. In the center of the pasta, arrange the stuffing with the help of a piping bag. Close the square in half to obtain a triangle, press your finger on the dough around the stuffing to remove the air and then seal it. Close into a ring by matching the two corners of the pasta at the base by turning them around your finger and overlapping the dough a little bit. Place the tortellini on pasta trays that are floured with parchment paper so that tortellini does not stick to bottom. Cook the tortellini in the Capon broth until they are al dente. Transfer to serving dish and serve your tortellini in the hot broth with a nice dash of grated parmesan cheese on the top. Enjoy!

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This Homemade Tortellini Recipe is delicious.

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