How to Form Tortellini

Here are two ways to shape homemade tortellini.

Tortellini with all ends sealed

• Roll out pasta dough to approximately 1 inch wide
• Find the half way mark on the sheet of pasta
• Place 1 teaspoon of filling, on the first half of the pasta sheet, leaving half an inch between each
• Fold the second half of the pasta sheet over the side with the filling
• Press down the pasta between each clump of filling, and then seal the edges in the top on the bottom
• Cut the pasta into one-inch squares
• Pick up one square and place it diagonally on your finger, pinching together to opposite ends
• Pull the top end over the top of your finger and press together with the other sealed ends
• Take the bottom corner and pull it over your finger with the other sealed ends
  

Tortellini with a little tail

• Cut the dough into one-inch squares,
  
• Placing the dough in the center
• Folding the dough diagonally to form a triangle
• Pinching two ends of the pasta together around your finger