Crushed Pea & Mint Tortellini with Pea Shoots

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; 300 g/10½ oz/2¾ cups pasta flour; semolina flour, for dusting; 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves; 1 egg yolk; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 egg; 300 g/10½ oz/scant 2 cups fresh podded peas or frozen, defrosted (if there are no really fresh ones around); 75 g/2½ oz pea shoots; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds; 50 g/1¾ oz unsalted butter

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

Europe
France
Main course
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

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