Classic Tortelloni of Emilia Romagna with a Simple Tomato Sauce

Tortelloni di Biete al Pomodoro

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a main course
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 45

Appears in
How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

  • About

If I were hard pressed to choose a favorite dish, something I usually avoid, this would have to be the one. My first encounter with these tortelloni was at age three when my grandmother prepared them for me in my mother’s hometown of Cesenatico. I apparently put away quite a hefty portion, then closed my eyes and plopped my head down on the table. Terrified, my grandmother called the doctor who pronounced me “very happily sleeping.” They are good simply tossed with butter, sage, and Parmigi