Tortellini with meat and cheese Photo: Archives of photo services Tortellini (Italy) - Italian dumplings from fresh dough with meat, cheese or vegetables. This dish is especially popular in the kitchen of Emilia-Romagna, for example in Bologna, where they are eaten as snacks. There is even a legend associated with this snack. According to legend, the tortellini was invented by a young cook: he just cooked the pasta with the filling, wrapping the workpiece around the little finger and capturing the belly button of his beloved. One of the features of the tortellini cooking is that the dough is not salted, because this dish is served with a rich sauce: usually with tomato or more often with creamy. Further recipes are tortellini.
