{"id":1174,"date":"2019-08-21T09:07:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T09:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymodenadiary.it\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2019-08-31T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T14:42:23","slug":"grandmas-tortellini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymodenadiary.it\/en\/grandmas-tortellini\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma’s Tortellini"},"content":{"rendered":"

When, in 2015, I wrote this article, I felt I was very fond of it right away. Reasons are many. First of all, because these few lines are dedicated to my lovely grandmother Anna, who passed away in May 2018, but at the time of the writing was 96 year old. She was a special woman who, despite the passing of time, has made everything to respect the good habits of the traditional\u00a0“rezdora”<\/strong> (a Modenese word to indicate a sort of “queen of the house”)<\/span><\/em>. T<\/span>hen, because I will tell you about Tortellini<\/strong> (those of my grandmother) a food that Modenese people have written in their DNA and that represents the tradition especially in this festive period \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I hope to be able to convey at least part of what these lines represent for me, especially since my grandmother has died and I would like to keep her memory alive as much as possible.<\/p>\n

In 2015 I wrote:<\/p>\n

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\nMy grandmother is 96 years old\u00a0and every day that I spent with her\u00a0is a precious gift. Precious it’s also to see her at work, even if with a great effort and with the massive help of my mother, who makes the “dirty job” in these preparations. Now, my\u00a0grandmother is the mind and my mom her\u00a0arm.
\nI haven’t really\u00a0taken something from her cooking capacities, I apply myself if it’s necessary but I haven’t the habit of rolling out\u00a0the dough, undertaking something I’m not sure to be able to\u00a0complete (like these 10 eggs of Tortellini ; ) ).
\nHowever\u00a0I’ve decided that this time I would be the witness of this preparation in order to learn something, to document it and to stop the time, spending a special moment,<\/strong> that I want to remember in the future, with my grandmother and my mom.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I believe that most of Emilia’s people (but probably they are not the only ones) can understand what is the real meaning of the expression: “g<\/em>randma’s Tortellini”.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>It is a sentence that instantly evokes the concepts of family and tradition, which takes you back to your childhood, to those Sundays when you went to your\u00a0grandma’s house. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In Modena Tortellini are a typical food for Christmas <\/strong><\/em>even if\u00a0they are prepared and eaten all the year.
\nBecause of it’s almost\u00a0Christmas, I want to write down\u00a0my grandmother’s recipe.
\nMaybe you would like\u00a0to try it at home or you simply would like to listen to this beautiful story \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The origin of\u00a0Tortellini<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For those who ignored it, even if it seems me impossible, Tortellini are a stuffed egg pasta typical of Modena and Bologna.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As Wikipedia\u00a0explains<\/a>, the\u00a0origin of Tortellini is obscure and their paternity is still disputed between the two cities.
\nThe most credited place for the birth of Tortellini is the village of Castelfranco Emilia <\/a>(since 1929 inside Modena’s province), on the Emilia Street, halfway between Modena and Bologna, which annually in September organizes the “Tortellini festival”<\/em>, with the motivation of being their\u00a0birthplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the legends about the origin of Tortellino tells that it was a host of Castelfranco Emilia, owner of the Corona Inn<\/em>, who invented this special food. The man, peeking through the keyhole of the room of a noblewoman who was his guest, was so much fascinated by the beauty of her belly\u00a0that he wants to re-make it in a culinary version. Today, there is a bronze statue that celebrates this legend in Aldo Moro square, in Castelfranco Emilia.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can read the recipe of the traditional Tortellini from\u00a0Castelfranco also\u00a0on the site of the town<\/a>, but now I’ll tell you how I made\u00a0Tortellini with my grandma and my mom.<\/p>\n

My grandma’s Tortellini recipe<\/h2>\n

In my mother’s recipes book it is written…<\/p>\n

The recipe is for 2.5 kg of Tortellini (in Modena it seems than less than 10\/12 eggs it’s impossible to start anything \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

Ingredients for egg-pasta:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n