Pumpkin tortelli, the Lombard recipe for Christmas Eve – Italian Cuisine

Pumpkin tortelli, the Lombard recipe for Christmas Eve


On 24 December, while waiting for the big party, traditionally we eat lean, we prepare pumpkin ravioli, the ancient recipe of Lombard peasant cuisine for Christmas Eve dinner

  • 1 Kg pumpkin
  • 400 g flour
  • 200 g mustard
  • 160 g Grana Padano Dop
  • 80 g dried macaroons
  • 6 pcs yolks
  • 2 pcs eggs
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • butter
  • sage
  • salt
  • pepper

For the pumpkin tortelli recipe, cut the pumpkin into slices, remove the seeds and arrange them well spread out in two baking trays. Season them with salt and a drizzle of oil, then bake them at 180 ° C for about 30 minutes. Take them out of the oven, let them cool, then cut out the pulp and mash it with a fork; salt, if needed, and pepper. Finely chop the mustard and add it to the pumpkin, together with the crumbled amaretti and grated parmesan. Evaluate the humidity of the dough: if it is too wet, add a few tablespoons of breadcrumbs or, better still, other crumbled amaretti. Let the mixture rest for 2 hours.
FOR THE PASTA: Mix the flour with the eggs, egg yolks and a pinch of salt. Knead the dough until it is homogeneous and smooth. Let it rest wrapped in plastic wrap for 2 hours. Roll it out into thin sheets, arrange over the filling in piles equally spaced as large as walnuts, then fold the sheet and close the ravioli, then cut them with a notched wheel, obtaining about 60 ravioli of 4 × 4 cm. Boil them in salted boiling water and drain them gently. Season with plenty of melted butter with a sprig of sage leaves and grated parmesan.

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