Tortelloni With Meat Filling Recipes

Steps:

• First prepare the filling: heat the butter and oil in a heavy skillet and add the garlic. Cook briefly and add the celery, onion and carrot. Cook briefly, stirring.
• Add the squares of meat and cook, turning the pieces often, until browned on all sides. Cook over moderately high heat about 5 minutes. Add salt, pepper, sage, marjoram, thyme, rosemary and wine, and continue cooking, turning the pieces of meat often, about 40 minutes.
• Remove and cut the meat into 1-inch cubes. Blend the cubes with the remaining sauce in the skillet. Grind the mixture, using a meat grinder or a food processor. Do not grind too fine if using a processor.
• Scrape the mixture into a bowl, and add one of the eggs, lightly beaten, the cheese, nutmeg, parsley and cream. Add salt and pepper. Blend well. There should be about 3 1/2 cups.
• Prepare and roll out the pasta as indicated in the pasta recipe. There will be two portions. Brush the top of one portion with the remaining egg, lightly beaten.
• Use about 1 1/2 teaspoons of filling for each tortelloni. Shape that amount into a small round ball, and place it on the pasta. Continue making balls, and arrange them symmetrically in 3 rows about 2 inches apart. There should be a total of about 60 balls.
• Place the other layer of pasta on top of the meatballs. Gently but firmly press between the balls to make the second layer of dough adhere to the first. Using a ravioli or pastry cutter, cut between each filled pasta to produce squares. Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal and arrange the tortelloni on it. Let them stand for at least 15 minutes.
• When ready to cook, bring 4 to 6 quarts of water to the boil. Add salt to taste, if desired. Drop the tortelloni into the boiling water. When the water returns to a boil, cook about 2 minutes, until the pasta reaches the desired degree of tenderness. Serve with meat and wild mushroom sauce (see recipe).

Steps:

• In a bowl combine all ingredients, except for the pasta and egg wash.
• Using the fresh pasta recipe, roll out your dough either by hand or by machine. Cut into 3 or 4- inch rounds with a round cookie cutter. Place 1/4 teaspoon into the center of each round. Brush egg wash (on the bottom half of the round and fold over to seal. Fold back around your finger and turn down the edge to form a tortellini.
• In half a gallon of rapidly boiling salted water add the tortellini in batches. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until they float to the surface. Remove to a strainer to drain.
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• By Hand: On a clean surface make a well with the flour. In a measuring cup mix the eggs, water and oil and salt. Pour the wet mixture slowly into the flour and mix with your 2 fingers until all of the wet is incorporated. Do not force the dough to take all of the flour. If you are going to use a pasta machine to roll out the dough you may at this point form the dough into a disk and cover with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour to rest. If you going to roll this by hand you should knead the dough on a floured work surface for 8 to 10 minutes. .
• In the bowl of your food processor combine the flour and salt and pulse 2 to 3 times. In a liquid measuring cup whisk the eggs, water and oil. While pulsing the machine pour this mixture in a continuous stream and continue running the machine until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Follow directions above for hand rolling or machine. .
• Yield: 4 to 6 servings .
• Preparation time: 5 minutes .
• Cooking time: 3 to 5 minutes in boiling water .
• Ease of Preparation: easy.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small skillet. When butter foams, add pork. Sauté over medium heat until light golden. Add wine. Reduce heat and cook covered 10 to 12 minutes. Put pork mixture and all other ingredients, except cream, in a blender or food processor. Blend to a paste. If mixture is too dry, add cream. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate. Prepare Basic Egg Pasta Dough. Cut a small piece of dough and work through the pasta machine until you have a very thin sheet of pasta. Cut pasta into 2-inch circles using a small glass or cookie cutter. Put 1/2 teaspoon filling in the center of each circle. Fold circles in half and press firmly to seal edges to make tortellini. Bend each tortellini around your finger, pressing 1 pointed end over the other. Repeat with remaining dough, rolling out and filling, 1 sheet of pasta at a time. Dust 2 or 3 large plates or trays with flour. Place tortellini on plates or trays. Turn tortellini over every couple of hours, until completely dry. Refrigerate uncovered until ready to use. Prepare desired sauce. Fill a very large saucepan two-thirds full with salted water. Bring water to a boil. Add tortellini. Bring water back to a boil and cook tortellini uncovered until tender but firm to the bite. Drain tortellini and place in skillet with sauce. Add 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Toss tortellini and sauce over low heat until sauce coats tortellini, 20 to 30 seconds. Serve immediately with additional Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Boil the pasta for 2 mins until just cooked. Meanwhile, heat the oil in the frying pan and sizzle the tomatoes until they start to blister.
• When pasta is cooked, drain it quickly, reserving some cooking water. Put the tomatoes back on a high heat. Tip in the pasta, parsley, a splash of cooking water and most of the parmesan. Bubble everything together, season with black pepper and salt if you want. Serve with remaining parmesan.