EP15 - TORTELLINI in Brodo: the ultimate Christmas recipe

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cubes

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, while bouillon cubes are a cost-effective alternative.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Prepare the filling for the tortellini by combining mortadella, prosciutto crudo, pork loin, thyme, parmesan cheese, black pepper, extra virgin olive oil, nutmeg, and salt in a blender and blend until smooth.

Roll out the pasta dough very thinly.

Make the broth by using beef bones and a tough muscle of beef like shoulder or legs, along with onion, celery, carrot, and black pepper.

Simmer the broth slowly for about 3 hours.

Add cold water to the pot with the beef bones and muscle.

After 3 hours, filter the broth to remove solids.

Bring the filtered broth to a boil and add tortellini, cooking them for just a few minutes until they soak up the flavor.

Serve hot, optionally adding grated parmesan cheese.

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