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Massimo Bottura's
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Modenese Tortellini: A Historical Compromise

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Serves
10

Chef's Note: Tortellini in broth or heavy cream? After decades of debate, this question has still to be resolved. How about A Historical Compromise? Traditional Emilian egg-pasta tortellini are cooked in capon broth then served with an emulsion of well-aged Parmigiano Reggiano (from the heritage breed Modenese white cow) and water guarantees purity, tradition and innovation in every bite.

Ingredients

Pasta dough

500g 00 flour

5 eggs Filling

300g of organic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (24 months)

200g of Modena ham (24 months)

200g of pork pulp

200g of calf pulp

50g of sausage

50g of bone marrow

Villa Manodori extra virgin olive oil {h2]

For cooking

1L capon broth

For the cream

200g of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (30 months)

50g of soft water

Method

For the pasta dough: Sift the flour on a pastry board and add the eggs to the fountain. Knead the dough vigorously for 15 minutes until smooth and homogeneous.

Cover it with a cloth and let it stand covered for half an hour. Spread the dough evenly by passing the rolling pin, trying to make the dough as thin as possible.

For the filling: Chop the pork and veal and sear them in a saucepan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Add the sausage (previously scalded separately) and finish cooking.

Remove from heat and let it cool. Add the ham (previously cut into cubes). Mix well and add the marrow. Pass through the meat grinder a couple of times and add the Parmesan.

Mix well and store. From the pastry, obtain many squares of 3.5cm on each side and insert a teaspoon of dough in the centre, fold in half.

For the cooking: Cook tortellini in the broth. In a Thermomix bring the water to 80°C, adding slowly the Parmesan.

Increase speed and temperature until boiling. Lower the temperature to 60°C and continue to mix. Lay the cream obtained on the bottom of a holster and, subsequently, tortellini cooked in the broth.

WINE MATCH 

A lightly oaked, medium-bodied Chardonnay is an ideal match for this pared-back classic. Also consider a Vermentino, or a zesty Chenin Blanc.

Food
Chef
Massimo Bottura
Photographer
Colin Dutton
Serves
10