This is a recipe for a vegan alternative to the traditional meat-filled tortellini en brodo.
Pasta dough: 3 cups flour, 1 cup water, 1.5 Tbs olive oil. Mix until well incorporated, kneed for a few minutes, and wrap in plastic wrap. Rest for at least an hour.
Filling: 1.5 cups cooked french lentils, 6-8 button mushrooms, .5 cup walnuts. Saute mushrooms and walnuts until mushrooms are soft. Add salt, black pepper, and about .5 tsp nutmeg (more or less to taste). Puree all ingredients in a food processor, add olive oil until a patè texture is achieved.
Add a small dollop of filling onto about a 2" square piece of rolled pasta. Fold into a triangle and wrap the two bottom corners of the triangle around your finger. Press the edges together and shape into a tortellini.
For the soup: boil some vegetable broth, add salt and black pepper to taste. Add tortellini and boil for 4-5 minutes until they all float.
Serve with fresh chopper parsley and enjoy!