Description
This recipe for homemade ravioli with pea and ricotta and a delicious fresh mint pesto is a true showstopper!
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Ingredients
For the fresh pasta:
- 200g Italian ’00’ flour (or plain flour)
- 3 medium eggs
- Pinch of saltFor the filling:
- 150g frozen peas
- 250g ricotta cheese
- 20g parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper, to taste
For the mint pesto:
- 10g fresh mint
- 10g pecorino cheese
- 8g pumpkin seeds
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
Step 1: Make the pasta dough
- Split one of the three eggs. Combine the egg yolk with the two other eggs and whisk together.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add flour and a generous pinch of salt (very important!) and make a small well in the centre. Poor in the egg mixture, and mix with the dough hook on low speed until the dough starts coming together. Finish by hand.
- If doing by hand, mix the flour and salt and tip onto your kitchen worktop. Make a well in the centre and poor in the egg mixture. Combine egg and flour by gradually incorporating some of the flour into the eggs, using a fork. Do so until most of the flour is incorporated, then knead by hand for a good 10 minutes until you have a smooth dough.
- If using a food processor, add all the ingredients to the food processor and blitz until the dough started coming together. Finish by hand.
- Wrap dough in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for at least an hour, and up until 24 hours, before using.
Step 2: Prepare the filling
- In a bowl, combine the ricotta and parmesan cheese until fully combined.
- Blanch the frozen peas until cooked, approximately 3 minutes.
- Add peas to a food processor or mini chopper and pulse until you have the consistency of a thick purée, with some larger bits of pea. See picture below for the right consistency.
- Stir peas through the ricotta mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover with clingfilm and leave in the fridge while you move on to the next steps.
Step 3: Make the pesto
- Add mint and extra virgin olive oil to a food processor or mini chopper. Blitz until mint is chopped finely.
- Add pecorino cheese, pumpkin seeds and garlic and blitz into a pesto. Add salt to taste, if needed.
Step 4: Shape the ravioli
- Roll out the pasta to the thinnest setting using a pasta maker. If doing by hand, roll thinly with a rolling pin until the dough is slightly see-through.
- Cut dough into small square pieces, slightly bigger than the size of your cookie/ravioli cutter. Add a teaspoon of filling into the centre of your dough square. Wet around the filling with a little water using a pastry brush.
- Cover with another piece of dough, and seal firmly all around the filling. It’s important to try and avoid having any excess air around the filling, this takes a little practise.
- Using a cookie or ravioli cutter or a small water glass, cut out your ravioli. Transfer to a baking sheet and cover with some flour and cling film.
Step 5: Cook and plate
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Cook ravioli for approximately 4 minutes.
- Remove ravioli from the pot using a slotted spoon, or drain carefully using a colander.
- Cover the ravioli with some drops of the mint pesto. Add some additional extra virgin olive oil. Top with some crushed pumpkin seeds and pecorino cheese.
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 540
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