Tortellini
Sunday, January 16th
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
Join Gloria in her kitchen in the heart of Florence and learn an Italian comfort food from the region of Emilia-Romagna - tortellini. This is a great class for learning home cooking techniques, and good for the whole family.
Please be mindful of the time of the class you sign up for and your own time zone. After registration, you will receive a link to the Zoom online meeting session we will use.
Ingredients & Preparation
Have your ingredients pre-measured and prepped before the class for a more seamless experience.
If you do not have certain ingredients, our chefs will do their best to suggest substitutions.
Before coming to class: please finely chop the prosciutto and mortadella, unless you have a food processor you can use in class
Tortellini
Serves 2-3
Pasta Dough
200 grams (1 5/8 cup) flour (00 preferred (can be purchased here)
2 medium-size eggs
1 tsp Salt
Filling
85 grams (3 ounces) ground veal meat (or ground beef)
85 grams (3 ounces) ground pork meat
55 grams (2oz) prosciutto
50 grams (1/2 cup) mortadella (or a high-quality Bologna meat)
1/2 cup white wine
140 grams (about 3/4 cup to 1 1/2 cups) grated parmesan cheese (depending how much cheese you want)
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
1 egg yolk
1/2 stick unsalted butter
salt and pepper to taste
Cream and Ham Sauce
½ stick butter
85 grams (3 ounces) 3 oz ham
85 grams (1/2 cup) cream cheese
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Equipment
Working surface to roll out pasta dough
Long rolling pin (about 20-22 inches)
Rolling pasta cutter (optional)
1 medium-size pan
1 small pan
Mixing bowls
Food processor (optional)
General Steps
Make the pasta.
Make the filling.
Stuff the tortellini.
Make the sauce.