11.17.2011

FOOD : EuroGrub : Ravioli / Stuffed Pasta

Ravioli... or the Stuffed Pasta... Bliss. As such Pasta means a lot of bliss for me, and to top it you have pasta that is stuffed!! ... aah.. perfetto... Amo la pasta!! ;)
So for the ravioli, you have 2 options, a. you buy ready packets of ravioli from a supermarket, b. you make it yourself. 
If you making it Yourself, then here it is:
You need
1/2 cup Maida/all purpose Flour
1 egg white(you could avoid it)
salt
water to mix. 


Make a tough dough adding all the ingredients mentioned above. Roll it into a thin disc with a rolling pin. Dust the Flour to help you roll the dough out smooth and thin. Now cut the discs into any shape that you wish (You could use the SHANKARPALI ROLLING PIN). Once cut, you can put little quantities of cooked Spinach(for Spinach ravioli) or Cheese (for the Cheese Ravioli) and fold each of cut pieces into half. (you can use a little water with your fingers and apply along the edge to help them stick better) 
Put them in boiling water and boil them. Add oil to the water when boiling so that you can avoid the ravioli from sticking onto each other. Boiling it should not take more than 5 minutes, cause its fresh ravioli that you just made. Boil it for a little longer if you have the ready made ones. 


For the White Sauce:
U need: Maida/Flour-1 spoon, 4 spoons of butter, milk, salt, pepper.
  • In a non stick pan, take some generous dollops of butter, 1 spoonful of Flour and mix fast and make sure there are no lumps. Add milk, salt, Nutmegpowder-if you like it, and mix well. You can tip in Pepper if you like. Now if you have a very thick sauce, add milk to lighten it out. and if you have a very thin sauce.... Pour some flour through a sieve and mix at the same time to avoid lumps. And even after this if you have lumps in your sauce, just run your hand-blender through it for a minute. 

Assembly:
Into a wide bottom pan, add butter, finely chopped garlic, veggies if you like (and let them cook on a medium flame, you can use beans, broccoli, mushrooms, fenchel,  etc). Add the ravioli and the sauce and give it a good mix. Check for salt and spice. Add if required. 
In a baking dish add the ravioli, top it with cheese and bake for a while - This step is purely an addition. You can do it if you choose to!!

You could just dust some Oregano flakes over it in the end. 

1 comment:

Rashmi said...

Hmm good and easy !!!! will surely try :) thanks Divya :)

Rashmi