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*Tortelloni*

Type	Pasta
Place of origin	Italy
Region or state	Emilia-Romagna Lombardy
Main ingredients	Flour, egg,ricotta,parsley, spinach,Parmesan
Variations	Tortellini,balanzoni
Media:Tortelloni

Tortelloniis a type ofstuffed pastacommon in northern Italy, with a shape similar totortellini,but larger and with a cheese-based filling. It is traditionally stuffed withricotta,Parmesan,leafy herbs or vegetables such as parsley or spinach, egg and nutmeg.^[1]^[2]

Some variants replace the vegetables with other flavorful ingredients, such asporcinior walnuts. A common filling, especially in the provinces ofFerrara,ModenaandReggio Emilia,is a paste made mainly of pumpkin pulp and amaretti biscuits.^{[citation needed]}

When traditionally made with ricotta and herbs, after boiling it is often stir-fried with melted butter and sage leaves, and covered with grated Parmesan.^[1]

As one of the few northern Italian pasta dishes with no meat content, it is a traditional dish for Christmas Eve.^[2]

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^^a ^b"Ricotta and spinach tortelloni".emiliaromagnaturismo.Archived from the original on 2019-06-08.RetrievedJune 8,2019.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^^a ^bCaggiano, Biba (2002).Biba's Northern Italian Cooking.Penguin. p. 70.ISBN 9781557883803.RetrievedDecember 1,2012.

Pasta

Types

Long pastas	Bigoli Bucatini Busiate Capellini Fettuccine Fileja Lasagnette Lasagnotte Linguettine Linguine Mafaldine Pappardelle Pici Spaghetti Stringozzi Stroncatura Tagliatelle Taglierini Tagliolini Trenette Tripoline Troccoli Vermicelli
Short pastas	Calamarata Campanelle Casarecce Cascatelli Cavatappi Cavatelli Cencioni Conchiglie Corzetti Farfalle Fiori Foglie d'ulivo Fusi Garganelli Gemelli Lanterne Lorighittas Macaroni Malloreddus Orecchiette Paccheri Passatelli Penne Pillus Pizzoccheri Radiatori Rigatoni Rotelle Sagnarelli Scialatelli Sedani Su Filindeu Testaroli Tortiglioni Trofie Ziti
Pastina	Acini di pepe Alphabet pasta Anelli Ditalini Fregula Orzo Stelline
Stuffed pastas	Agnolini Agnolotti Pavese Piedmontese Cappelletti Casoncelli Casunziei Cjarsons Culurgiones Fagottini Mezzelune Ravioli Sacchettoni Sorrentinos Tortellini Tortelli Tortelloni
Other or variable	Cannelloni Fusilli Lasagna Occhi di lupo Strozzapreti Vincisgrassi

Cooking

Producers

Italian	Agnesi Bertagni Barilla Buitoni De Cecco La Molisana Poiatti Rana Rigo Voiello
American	National Pasta Association A. Zerega's Sons, Inc. C.F. Mueller Company New World Pasta American Italian Pasta Company V. La Rosa and Sons Macaroni Company

Equipment manufacturers

See also

References