Tortelli are one of my favourite filled pasta to make.
If you are at the beginning of your filled pasta making journey, this one is defiantly the one to start with.
Using a 8 cm round cutter, cut out as many disks as possible out of your pasta sheet.
Remove the offcuts and set them aside for re-rolling them later.
With the filling into a piping bag, place a small amount of the filling in the centre of your pasta disk.
Fold the disk in half to form a half-moon over the filling. Gently press all the air out and seal it. This step is very important. If you don’t do it your tortellini will break when you boil them.
Dip your finger in the bowl of water and run it along the edge of the round to moisten.
Now fold the two ends of the half-moon together forming a rounded shape.
Overlap the two corners and press them together to close.
Davide
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