Ravioli with ricotta and spinach are an old tradition. They used to be prepared every Sunday at homes. The filling can vary, replacing the basic recipe for brains and borages. In this case, the classic stew is replaced for a soft three tomatoes sauce.
for 4 portions
500 g. | FLOUR |
5 units | EGGS |
25 cc. | OLIVE OIL |
n/a | SALT |
400 g. | TOMATOES |
5 g. | TOMATO EXTRACT |
100 g. | DRY TOMATOES |
100 g. | ONION |
50 g. | RED SWEET PEPPER |
n/a | OLIVE OIL |
1 pinch | SUGAR |
1 pinch | SWEET PAPRIKA |
1 small brunch | FRESH OREGANO |
n/a | SALT |
n/a | PEPPER |
1 small brunch | FRESH THYME |
200 cc. | WHITE WINE |
1 clover | GARLIC |
Stuffed
300 g. | RICOTTA |
400 g. | SPINACH |
100 g. | ONION |
1 clove | GARLIC |
50 g. | PARMESAN CHEESE |
n/a | NUTMEG |
n/a | SALT |
n/a | PEPPER |
Stuffed
300 g. | RICOTTA |
100 g. | ONION |
1 clove | GARLIC |
50 g. | PARMESAN CHEESE |
n/a | NUTMEG |
n/a | SALT |
n/a | PEPPER |
400 g. | SPINACH |
Mass
Make a crown with flour and salt, in the center place the eggs and oil and join in a mass till getting a soft one. Let it rest and stretch with a stick or machine.
Stuffing
Smelt onion and garlic, add raw spinach and cook. Chop the previous preparation very fin and add the ricotta and cheese. Season.
Shape of ravioli
Flour the working table, place on it the stretched mass, spread the filling and place on it another mass. Pass a stick in a soft way to level the filling and mark with a pointer or a mold for ravioli. Cut ravioli with the round cutter. Cook in plenty of water with salt till it starts to boil.
Three tomatoes sauce
Hydrate tomatoes in white wine. Save. Whiten tomatoes and peel them, remove seeds and cut in Brunoise. Save. Toss onion, garlic and red sweet pepper in oil, previously cut in Brunoise. Add the tomato extract and the dry ones cut in a fine Julienne. Add the white wine use to hydrate, fresh herbs and finally the crushed tomatoes. Put salt and pepper.
Always cook pasta with abundant water with salt, it gives a much better flavor.
In the country of meat, the stronger challenger is pasta, a meal that me with the Italian immigration and became Instantaneously popular. Dry or fresh, with or without filling, the variations are as many as its followers.
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