How to Make Perfectly Shaped Tortellini

prosciutto

🥗Healthier: turkey ham

💰Cheaper: cooked bacon

Turkey ham reduces fat while still providing a savory flavor.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: Grana Padano

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free alternative with a cheesy flavor.

ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese offers lower fat while maintaining creaminess.

fresh pasta

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pasta

💰Cheaper: dried pasta

Whole wheat pasta adds fiber and nutrients.

Roll out the pasta dough in the machine until it's very thin and semi-transparent.

Dust a rimmed baking sheet liberally with flour.

Take one pasta sheet, keeping the remaining sheets covered with a towel or plastic wrap.

Using a 2.5-inch round cookie cutter, cut the sheet into rounds on a lightly floured counter.

Discard any dough scraps and repeat the cutting step with remaining sheets of dough, keeping the cut rounds covered.

Place half a teaspoon of filling in the center of each round, working with one pasta round at a time.

Lightly brush the edges of the pasta round with water using a brush or your finger.

Fold the bottom edge of the pasta over the filling until it's flush with the top edge, forming a half-moon shape.

Press the edges to seal, making sure to press out any air pockets between the filling and the edge.

With the folded edge of the filled pasta facing you, pull the corners together until they slightly overlap to create tortellini with a cupped outer edge and a dimpled center.

Press to seal the overlapping edges and transfer the tortellini to the prepared sheet.

Repeat cutting and filling the remaining pasta until you have about 60 tortellini.

Let the tortellini sit uncovered for 30 minutes until they're dry to the touch and slightly stiffened.

Tortellini can be wrapped with plastic and refrigerated for up to four hours or chilled in the freezer until firm, then transferred to a zipper-lock bag and frozen for up to one month.

If the tortellini are frozen, do not thaw them before cooking; add the frozen tortellini to boiling water and increase the simmering time to 3-4 minutes.

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