Last Friday was not sure to be prepared to eat ... mmmm ... after giving lap, I decided to make fresh pasta. From recipe meatballs on fresh pasta with olives , at home we loved, had not returned with fresh pasta.
Certainly, fresh pasta with a good base sauce is the bomb ... once I had stretched the dough, I got the bright idea to try the tortellini. The result was pretty casual, as I guided by intuition ... is not normal me, I usually watch and collect recipes. But this time, was totally improvised ... and occasionally, life gives you surprises. Went well!
Tortellini is a ring-shaped pasta that is often filled with a mixture of meat (pork loin, prosciutto, mortadella and parmesan cheese) but in the Po valley are popular with other combinations. It originates from the Italian region of Emilia, especially in Bologna and Modena, and is usually served in broth, cream or sauce.
And find that it was curious legend. How nice it is to cook food or dishes that have generated many legends, no??
One of them says that this dish was born on Castelfranco Emilia, province of Modena. One night during a trip, Lucrezia Borgia stayed in a tavern, and the owner was captivated by her beauty and could not resist the temptation to spy on the keyhole. The light within it came from a few candles, so the plucky proprietor could only see the lady's navel. This pure and innocent vision was enough to produce an ecstasy that inspired him to create the tortellini that night.
Well, let's give the grill and I start with the recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
260g. flour.
2 range eggs.
salt.
1 fresh chives.
300g grated tomato.
1 splash of white wine.
Basil.
freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
50g. Ham.
250g of mushrooms.
olive oil.
freshly ground pepper and live Russia!
PREPARATION:
In a bowl mix flour, salt and two eggs ... knead until a dough that does not stick to your hands and let stand for 1 hour. in the refrigerator.
For filling, chop the ham very fine and mix with Parmesan cheese.
The assembly is very simple and I accidentally found on page one of the great gourmet Pepekitchen network, where I got the recipe from last week, a picture step by step.
As you can see, graphically explained this very well ... we just have to follow these simple steps and we ready our tortellini. Now we can only make a good sauce for this wonder inspired by Lucrezia Borgia ... also inspired an opera of Gaetano Donizetti.
For the sauce, finely chopped Fry onion and reserve the green part to decorate, so we can substitute fresh chives, but as it was, the result is very good. Once
poached spring onion, salt, pepper, add the sliced \u200b\u200bmushrooms (to taste with the thickness), reogamos all this with a little white wine. Once alcohol is consumed add the tomato and basil, add salt, let it fry until we get a smooth sauce ... very important that once cooked tortellini (3 to 4 min.), Not throw water cooking, as this serves to stretch the sauce and we have much more creamy.
already cooked pasta, reogamos 2 min. with the sauce to coat all the flavors and serve parmesan cheese to taste verging and chives or green part of scallions sprinkled over the stuffing.
I can only say goodbye Bon Appetit!