100% whole grain fresh milled tortellini
How to make freshly milled tortellini at home - quick and easy!
Equipment
- 1 Rolling Pin
Ingredients
Dough Ingredients
- 375 g wheat berries, soft white I used durum but Kamut, Emmer or hard wheat will work just as well.
- 5 whole egg Vegans: you can replace with 250 g very hot water, and add a tiny bit of olive oil if the dough needs help
Filling Ingredients
- 150 g swiss chard or spinach chopped fine, or precooked and dried
- 1 whole egg vegans can leave this out or add 2 tbsp mashed potatoes
- 420 g ricotta cheese vegans can use vegan cheese of choice or leave it out
- 125 g pecorino romano or dry cheese of your choice
- 1 tsp sea salt, celtic grey
Instructions
Make the Pasta Dough
- Mix the flour with the salt.
- Add eggs to a well in the center of the flour, and mix until well combined with a spatula or your hands.
- Let rest 10-15 minutes, covered so it doesn't dry out
Make the Filling
- Mix the ricotta, egg, and spinach or chard until well combined.
Making the Tortellini
- Roll the dough very thin on a floured surface, dusting the dough with flour as needed so the rolling pin does not stick. Note: the pasta will swell up and become thicker once cooked, so go thinner than you'd think.
- Cut the dough into squares, approximately 2.5 - 3" across.
- Brush the square with water using a pastry brush.
- Place 1 tsp of filling into the center of the square. Do not overfill, or it will escape when you cook them.
- Bring opposite corners together to form a triangle and seal the edges with your fingers
- Roll the longer end of the triangle over, towards the point of the triangle. Wrap the two pointed sides around your finger and seal them together.
- Set the tortellini on a tray not touching each other so they can dry as you make the rest.
Cooking and Storing
- Cook the tortellini for a minute or two in salted, boiling water and remove with a slotted spoon.
- You may freeze the tortellini uncooked, individually on a tray, and then together in a bag once frozen so they don't stick together. Cook directly from frozen for a few minutes longer.