Homemade Tortellini

These are amazingly yummy tortellini that are filled with herbs and cheese. You can pair it with really any sauce. I, personally recommend a butter garlic sauce. It's just melted butter in a pan with minced garlic and stir it around for a bit.



Filling:

1 cup of ricotta cheese

1/4 a cup of bread crumbs

1 egg yolk

Herbs (parsley, thyme, oregano etc.) 

Stir all ingredients together in a bowl

Dough: 

5 eggs

3 cups of flour

pinch of salt and black pepper

tbsp of olive oil

Put flour on a cutting board and make a hole in the flour with your hands. Crack eggs into the hole. Gradually add flour to the mixture along with salt and pepper. Knead in olive oil until dough like consistency. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes.

How To Make:

Roll dough out using an electric roller attachment, pasta roller, or even a rolling pin. Roll until thin but not falling apart. Use a 3-4 inch cookie cutter to cut small circles out of the dough. Use a very small bowl of water to  wet half of the perimeter of the circle. Take a very small spoonful of filling and drop it in the center of the small circle and fold the wet and dry edges together to look like a taco. Put another dot on the two corners and pinch then together. Repeat process until you think you have enough. Drop the tortellini into a large pot boiling water and let cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and drain. Serve warm.