Grandma’s Tortellini

Ingredients

• 10 eggs
• 100g flour for each egg (adjust flour based on egg size)
• 300g minced Prosciutto
• 100g minced Mortadella
• 400g minced Pork
• 10-20g butter
• 1 egg
• Grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt
• Pepper
• Nutmeg
• A piece of beef
• A piece of chicken (wing or leg)
• 1 carrot
• 1 or 2 potatoes
• Half nut meat
• Salt

Instructions

1. Cook the minced pork with the butter until it becomes brown. Let it cool.
2. Once cooled, add the minced ham and Mortadella.
3. Add 1 egg, Parmesan cheese, and a pinch of nutmeg, salt, and pepper until it is enough. Mix well.
4. Pour the flour on a cutting board and create a hole in the center to get the classic "fountain". Add the eggs into the fountain.
5. Beat the eggs with a fork, then start to incorporate the flour with your fingertips, starting from the edge of the fountain.
6. Work the dough with your hands for 15-20 minutes until it becomes soft and homogeneous.
7. Shape the dough into a ball.
8. Cut the dough ball into smaller pieces to make rolling easier.
9. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin until you get a large disk of uniform thickness, suitable for a pasta machine.
10. If using a pasta machine, pass the dough through it until you get a fine filo dough.
11. Cut the dough into small squares using a wheel cutter. The squares should not be too big, as real tortellini are quite small.
12. Place a small amount of stuffing in the center of each square of dough.
13. To close the tortellini: fold the square diagonally to form a triangle. Join its edges together.
14. Tighten the corners of the longest side between your thumb and forefinger of both hands.
15. Rotate the triangle of dough around the index finger of your left hand with your right hand.
16. Unite the two corners and tighten them until they fit together.
17. Repeat the process until all the dough and stuffing are used.
18. Prepare the broth: peel the potato and carrot. Put all broth ingredients in a pot with enough water (3/4 full).
19. Cook the broth for 1 to 2 hours. Remove any foam that forms to get a clearer broth.
20. Once ready, remove the solid ingredients from the broth and filter it with a colander to remove impurities.
21. Heat the broth until it boils.
22. Add the tortellini to the boiling broth and cook for about 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the pasta.
23. Serve the tortellini with the broth. Add a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese if desired.