More Pasta Maker Fun!

Since my first experiment with the pasta maker last week I've been thinking about what else I would want to make with our new toy. And with a large container of fresh ricotta in the refrigerator I decided to experiment with ravioli. So here is how I went about making homemade spinach and ricotta ravioli.

Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli

2 cups baby spinach
1 clove of garlic - minced
1/4 cup of ricotta
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese - shredded
Fresh pasta sheets (See egg pasta blog post)

After making the pasta dough and rolling it out I sautéed the spinach with garlic and a small amount of olive oil. Once sautéed I chopped up the spinach just to make sure that there weren't any large pieces so it would make a better filling. Then I just mixed the spinach with the rest of the filling ingredients and placed small dollops of filling on the pasta sheets, folded the pasta dough over and sealed the dough around each dollop with just little bit of water.

After cooking the ravioli in boiling water for a few minutes I topped it with a homemade red sauce and enjoyed this simple meal in front of a Law and Order SVU marathon. While my summer isn't going completely as planned, at least I have this blog to keep me on track with my skills and to keep me busy. So till next time,
Keep Cooking Brooklyn!