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heart shaped ravioli stuffed with cheese

Heart shaped ravioli stuffed with cheese

chiliandtonic
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Course celebration, dinner
Cuisine Holiday, home, Italian

Equipment

  • Pasta machine

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tbsp butter for serving

Egg pasta dough

  • 200 g pasta flour
  • 2 whole eggs
  • Drizzle of olive oil
  • Pinch of salt

Beetroot pasta

  • 200 g pasta flour
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 roasted or boiled beetroot
  • pinch of salt

Filling

  • 250 g cream cheese
  • Bunch of fresh spinach
  • Fresh cilantro or parsley
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

Pasta dough

  • To make the beetroot dough, pulse or blend the beetroot with egg and then add to the flour
  • Knead each dough for 5-7 minutes
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge to rest for 30 minutes
    pasta dough

Filling

  • Get your herbs, everything wilting in the fridge is good to go
    greens
  • Mix with the cream cheese, garlic, spices and olive oil using a food processor or a blender
    cheese mixture

Heart shaped pasta stuffed with cheese

  • Split each dough into 3 pieces and roll out using the pasta machine
  • Fold and run trough the pasta machine again, repeat until smooth
  • Dust with flour in between
  • Using a knife or a fettucine attachment make strands from the red dough
  • Place them on the white dough and lightly roll in with a rolling pin
  • Run trough the pasta machine
  • Turn the dough with the stripes facing down and add the filling, but leave enough space inbetween
    heart shaped ravioli stuffed with cheese
  • Brush the negative spaces between the filling with water
  • Place on the other sheet of dough and lightly press around the filling using your hands
  • Now just use the heart shaped cookie cutter to make the hearts
  • Lighlty pinch the seams of the ravioli
  • To cook the ravioli, boil a large pot of salted water
  • Cook them for 5-7 minutes
  • In a seperate pan melt the butter and let brown a bit, add some pasta water
  • Add the pasta water and swoosh around until coated in butter and beautiful
Keyword beetroot, cheese, filled pasta, garlic, pasta