10. Tortellini di Carne di Piccione

Tortellini Stuffed with Squab

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

These tortellini truly deserve to be described here, for they are excellent in their simplicity. Take a squab (i.e., a young pigeon bred for meat) of about ½ a kilogram (about a pound) and, having plucked it, combine it with:

Ingredients

  • 80 grams (about 2-⅔ ounces) of grated Parmesan cheese
  • 70 grams (about 2-⅓<

Method

Clean and gut the squab (the liver and gizzard will not be used in this recipe), and then boil it in salted water for a half hour (it must not be fully cooked). Then remove the squab from the fire, bone it, and chop the meat and prosciutto very fine, first using a knife, and then the mezzaluna. Add the Parmesan and the nutmeg, working and blending the mixture with the blade of a knife until it