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🍰 Green tortellini with potato and bacon filling

400 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 350 g semolina flour (or all-purpose flour Type 405)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• 250 g spinach
• 400 g potatoes (waxy, freshly cooked)
• 150 g pancetta (finely chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 egg
• salt
• pepper (freshly ground)
• nutmeg (freshly grated)

Instructions

1. 1. Melt the butter in a pot.
2. 2. Fry the diced pancetta with the garlic over medium heat.
3. 3. Cook the ingredients until the meat becomes translucent.
4. 4. Peel the potatoes.
5. 5. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer.
6. 6. Mix the pressed potatoes with the pancetta mixture and the egg.
7. 7. Season the filling generously with salt.
8. 8. Add plenty of black pepper.
9. 9. Add a pinch of nutmeg.
10. 10. Wash the spinach.
11. 11. Remove the tough stems.
12. 12. Blanch the spinach in salted boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes.
13. 13. Drain the spinach.
14. 14. Place the spinach in a fine mesh sieve.
15. 15. Let the spinach drip well in the sieve.
16. 16. Squeeze the spinach firmly to remove as much water as possible.
17. 17. Finely chop the spinach on a cutting board.
18. 18. Place the chopped spinach back in the fine mesh sieve.
19. 19. Squeeze the spinach a second time.
20. 20. Ensure the spinach is as dry as possible.
21. 21. Place flour, the squeezed spinach, eggs, 80 ml of water, olive oil, and 1 teaspoon of salt in a bowl.
22. 22. Knead everything into a smooth, elastic dough.
23. 23. Form the dough into a ball.
24. 24. Wrap the dough ball in a kitchen towel.
25. 25. Let the dough rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
26. 26. Roll the dough in portions on the floured work surface as thinly as possible.
27. 27. Cut or stamp out circles with a diameter of 6 centimeters.
28. 28. Place a glass on the dough to cut circles.
29. 29. Cut around the glass to form the circle.
30. 30. Boil the filled tortellini in plenty of salted water for 4 minutes.
31. 31. Drain the tortellini.
32. 32. Serve the tortellini as you like.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 400
• Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 50 g