Elevate your Plate

Backstory:

Sometimes you can be inspired after watching the tv and I was in this instance. After a quick episode of MasterChef Canada, I knew that I wanted to make tortellini. Having not made pasta very often, I was met with a challenge. Intricately folding the dough took a while but it was worth it, as the dish was tasty and it felt rewarding eating it!

Recipes:

I used the cheese tortellini recipe to make the pasta from scratch and then I incorporated it into the mushroom and bacon tortellini recipe for the final dish!

Cheese tortellini: https://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/homemade-tortellini/

Mushroom and bacon tortellini : https://www.sweetteaandthyme.com/tortellini-recipe-bacon-mushroom/

Tips and Tricks:

• Next time I would add in double cream to the egg and cheese sauce mixture before stirring into the bacon and mushrooms.
• You don’t have to use baby Bella mushrooms, I used baby Button mushrooms and they worked perfectly well!
• Take your time stuffing and sealing the tortellini to ensure they cook properly.
• I used gouda instead of ricotta to stuff the tortellini but you can choose your preference cheese as most works!

Recommendation and rating:

Overall if you’ve got time on your hands and looking to impress, then this dish certainly fits the bill! Trust me, you learn a lot about yourself after stuffing and cutting out lots of tortellini, but boy its worth it as the dish was great! The soft pasta filled with cheese pairs superbly with the salty bacon and earthy mushrooms. It was like having breakfast for dinner! All plates were left clean but the pasta sauce could use work by adding cream or maybe making a cheese sauce with a roux base may fair better. With the recipe needing tweaking, I give it 4 stars!