Pasta and egg dough (coloured tortellini)

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 300 g Flour
  • 3 Eggs (size M)
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Salt
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 levelled tablespoon of tomato paste
  • 200 g leaf spinach
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour

Directions

  1. 1

    Pour the flour onto a work surface, making a depression in the middle. Pour eggs, salt and oil into the depression. Knead ingredients to a smooth dough. Cover with a cloth and let it rest for about 30 minutes. In the meantime, wash and drain the spinach thoroughly. Steam in a little water and puree. Then knead half of the dough with tomato paste and spinach puree on a lightly floured work surface.

  2. 2

    Work through with your hands or a pasta machine until the dough is elastic. Roll out and cut into squares of about 6 cm. Cover with any kind of filling. Fold squares into triangles. Press together at the edges. Place opposite tips of the triangles on top of each other

  3. 3

    Pasta machine: Marcato

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousexoticPasta