Ingredients
Filling #1:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large white onion diced
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 pound portobello mushrooms cubed without stems
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
- Additional salt and pepper, to taste
- Additional olive oil
Filling #2:
- 2 small eggplants
- Olive oil and bread crumbs, to coat
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 ounces shredded fresh or processed mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon Romano cheese
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 whole egg
- Olive oil
Ravioli Dough:
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups semolina flour
- Warm water
- Olive oil
- Pot of water
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
Spinach Cream Pesto Sauce:
- 10 ounces wilted spinach
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Directions
For Filling #1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pour olive oil into a skillet and saute onions and garlic for approximately 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Put the mixture in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Once cooked, place the mushroom mixture in a food processor. Add parsley and additional salt and pepper to taste. Then, while machine is running, add enough olive oil to make a smooth filling. Process until pasty, or chunky depending on preference.
For Filling #2: Cube 2 small eggplants and then toss with oil and enough bread crumbs to coat. Salt and pepper to taste. Place in a roasting pan and bake in a preheated 400 degree for 45 minutes. After cooking put the eggplant in a mixing bowl and add mozzarella, Romano, tomato paste and whole egg. Mix until all are incorporated into a thick, and somewhat smooth mixture for the filling. Add olive oil to make a paste. Then add additional salt and pepper to taste. Put filling into already made ravioli dough.
For Ravioli Dough: Mix eggs and flour, add warm water to soften dough during kneading. Hand kneading is preferred. Knead 5 minutes for elastic consistency. Spread dough and punch out 2.1/2 to3-inch circles, the size of an open soup can. Spoon completed filling into center, leave 1/2-inch perimeter around filling. Place mixture on 1/2 of circle, fold and pinch around circumference. Make sure dough is moist. Wet finger to seal. NO air pockets, must seal tight. Boil pot of water and 1/2 tablespoon salt. Place ravioli in water. Allow to boil 1 minute after they float to the top. Remove from water and place on a plate.
For the Spinach Cream Pesto Sauce: Combine ingredients in a food processor and process. Transfer mixture to a saute pan. Heat over low heat and then pour over ravioli's.
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By cmcarson08_8950985
Houston, TX
on March 29, 2011
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Have make the mushroom filling twice and have served with a mornay sauce (white wine and cream. It looks and tastes great topped with chopped and browned chicken sausage! When lazy, I buy pasta sheets already made at a local shop.
By Ninja Baker
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on January 29, 2011
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Great taste but beware first time pasta makers! I tried this recipe tonight and have mixed feelings. The taste of the eggplant filling was amazing! Loved it. However, never having attempted any kind of home made pasta, I think I was at a great disadvantage having not actually seen the episode this recipe was featured on. I wasted an entire bag of flour after unsuccessfully trying the dough twice (doing internet research between tries. I also have no idea how the sauce's consistency should be. There isn't a measurement for the olive oil in the sauce and I suspect it is a "add olive oil until the sauce is of *this* consistency" type of measurement. I will try definitely try this recipe again and look forward to trying the mushroom filling, but I will probably either try a different ravioli dough recipe or the won ton idea!
By sweetsassycheri...
Bloomington, IN
on April 15, 2010
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I have made this recipe dozens of times. The first time I ever made ravioli I used this recipe, and it's still a family favorite now that I'm no longer a novice.
The filling is absolutely delicious and the pasta recipe is very easy to handle. This is a definite winner.
I make an alfredo sauce for these, then at the last minute I add a drained can of Italian herb diced tomatoes. It makes a lovely, light (not in calories, though! sauce that really works with the ravioli.
These also freeze incredibly well - just layer on a baking sheet that's been very liberally dusted with semolina or rice flour and freeze uncovered until they're firm, then move them to a zipper bag or a box for storing. Delish!
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