Tortellino

Pick the tortellino up and twist it around your index finger until the edges meet.

At that time, the only machine available on the market was able to produce a ring-shaped tortellino and was fitted with a continuous threaded screw device to put the filling in the tortellino. As this was unsuitable for the home-made kind of tortellino Giovanni had in mind, he asked for specific modifications to the machine.

There is always that one tortellino that bursts in the boiling water.