Filled pasta
Tortellini
Quick answer
Tortellini are small ring-shaped filled egg pasta from Bologna and Modena.
Tortellini means "little cakes" in Italian.
Best sauces: broth (in brodo), cream. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Filled
- Origin
- Emilia-Romagna
- Best with
- broth (in brodo), cream
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