Name: Crushed Pea & Mint Tortellini with Pea Shoots
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz soft goats’ cheese log, such as Ste Maure, rind removed; semolina flour, for dusting; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 egg yolk; 300 g/10½ oz/scant 2 cups fresh podded peas or frozen, defrosted (if there are no really fresh ones around); 50 g/1¾ oz unsalted butter; 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves; 300 g/10½ oz/2¾ cups pasta flour; 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds; 75 g/2½ oz pea shoots; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 egg

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

French Countryside Cooking

By Daniel Galmiche

Published 2021

About

Not only is the pea one of Britain and France’s favourite vegetables, but it’s also my wife and my son’s too – although, botanically speaking, a pea is actually a fruit! The salad is optional but I like it with this dish.

Ingredients

For the Pasta

300 g/10½ oz/2¾ cups pasta flour
1

Method

Blitz the pasta ingredients in a food processor until small granules form, then tip onto a work surface and form a firm dough. Wrap in cling film (plastic wrap) and put in the refrigerator for 30–60 minutes.
To make the filling, pour 3½ tablespoons of water into a sauc