Serves: 6
Total Calories: 464

2 tablespoons butter
1 pound pork loin put through a meat grinder or finely chopped
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
4 ounces mortadella
4 ounces prosciutto
3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons whipping cream
salt to taste
pepper to taste
*Prepare Basic Egg Pasta Dough made with:
3 cups flour
4 eggs
*Prepare desired sauce recipe
(Great with Basic Alfredo Cream Sauce)

Melt butter in a small skillet. When butter foams, add pork. Sauté over medium heat until light golden. Add wine. Reduce heat and cook covered 10 to 12 minutes. Put pork mixture and all other ingredients, except cream, in a blender or food processor. Blend to a paste. If mixture is too dry, add cream. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate. Prepare Basic Egg Pasta Dough. Cut a small piece of dough and work through the pasta machine until you have a very thin sheet of pasta. Cut pasta into 2-inch circles using a small glass or cookie cutter. Put 1/2 teaspoon filling in the center of each circle. Fold circles in half and press firmly to seal edges to make tortellini. Bend each tortellini around your finger, pressing 1 pointed end over the other. Repeat with remaining dough, rolling out and filling, 1 sheet of pasta at a time. Dust 2 or 3 large plates or trays with flour. Place tortellini on plates or trays. Turn tortellini over every couple of hours, until completely dry. Refrigerate uncovered until ready to use. Prepare desired sauce. Fill a very large saucepan two-thirds full with salted water. Bring water to a boil. Add tortellini. Bring water back to a boil and cook tortellini uncovered until tender but firm to the bite. Drain tortellini and place in skillet with sauce. Add 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Toss tortellini and sauce over low heat until sauce coats tortellini, 20 to 30 seconds. Serve immediately with additional Parmesan cheese.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 464
Calories from Fat: 153

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Basic Egg Pasta Dough
Basic Spinach Pasta Dough.
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Strichetti Pasta (Butterfly Pasta)
Tortellini with Cheese Filling
Tortellini with Meat Filling