Recipe 19- Baked Tortellini

                                                           BAKED TORTELLINI

1 pound cheese-filled tortellini
1 C heavy cream
salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste
1 C shredded mozzarella
3/4 C shredded smoked mozzarella
1/2 pound ham, cubed

Boil tortellini in salted water until al dente. Drain and set aside.
In a saute pan, cook cream over medium-high heat until reduced by one-third. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Butter a baking dish and add half the tortellini. Top with half of the cheese and ham. Repeat, using remaining ingredients and then pour cream on top.
Bake at 375 degrees until the top is slightly crusty, about 20 minutes.

Ratings (out of five)
Difficulty *
Taste *****

This meal was very successful. Peter, who dislikes tortellini, even enjoyed it. I would bake this again.

When I cooked the meal, I substituted smoked cheddar for smoked mozzarella because they did not have smoked mozzarella in the small grocery store that I shopped in.  When I make the meal for the second time, I would like to try it with the smoked mozzarella, not cheddar.

I found this recipe inside a folder of recipes kept by my mother in her kitchen at 9 Janes Lane, Lloyd Harbor, New York.  The recipe is clipped from the February 24, 1985 of Newsday.