Tortellini vs Tortelloni, do you know the difference?

I wonder why so many people ask me about cheese tortellini. Perhaps someone at some point must have gotten the tortelloni and tortellini mixed-up or maybe someone began stuffing the tortellini with cheese thinking it wouldn't make any difference. Ha! that's because they don't know the Bolognese take their food extremely seriously - as seriously as some people take their sports teams.

Tortellini, stuffed with meat, are a specialty of Bologna and they are served in a brodo (soup). The pasta stuffed with cheese are Tortelloni and they are traditionally served in a sage and butter sauce so you can taste the amazing and light stuffing.

THANK YOU, 2007-2017.

Just a quick note to say THANK YOU to all the students I have encountered in the past 11 (eleven!) years.

When I first taught how to make pasta, I hoped that my students would feel they had learned something useful and that they would be able to recreate the experience successfully at home. I never expected that I'd spend more years as a pasta teacher than in any of my previous careers!

Despite some doubts, I continued teaching because several school teachers, who have studied the Reggio -Emilia methods, as well as professional chefs and cooking teachers have given me positive feedback and encouraged me.