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How to make ravioli

Name: How to make ravioli
Prep time: 1 h 17 min
Total time: 1 h 17 min
Yield: 36 raviolis
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g fresh pasta dough

In theory, making ravioli is fairly simple: just roll out wide bands of thin fresh pasta dough and encase small pieces of pre-prepared filling between two sheets of pasta.

In practice, it's a bit trickier than that and having the right equipment is important.

This recipe shows you how to make beautiful ravioli step by step.

100 K 4.2/5 (21 reviews)

1 hour 20 min. difficulté

Easy

0.50 €

36 raviolis ingredients

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: May 30^th 2016

For 36 raviolis, you will need:

1 300 g fresh pasta dough
Total weight: 300 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Prepare 300 g fresh pasta dough, prefarably the day before, and leave in the fridge to rest for several hours or overnight, wrapped in plastic film.

Stage 2

Cut the dough into lumps of about 3 ounces (75 grams) and roll out the first one with a rolling pin, roughly into a strip.

Pass this strip through the pasta machine on its thickest setting ("1" if you have a Kenwood like mine).

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Pass through several more times, reducing the thickness each time by 1 setting, until the pasta is quite thin ("7" or "8* on the Kenwood).

Note: as it gets thinner, the pasta strip will get longer.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

When the strip is the right thickness, lay on a lightly floured worktop and cut into 2 pieces to fit the size of your ravioli mould.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Flour the ravioli mould generously.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Lay a strip of pasta over the mould. This should overhang a little all round.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Fill each hollow with your chosen filling mixture (here it is spinach and ricotta with pine nuts).

Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Use a brush dipped in water to moisten the pasta all around the hollows to help the second sheet stick.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 1 min.

Moisten the second sheet of pasta all over.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Place the second sheet of pasta moistened side downwards on top of the mould.

Press to seal the layers of pasta.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.

Roll over the top with a rolling pin to cut the ravioli, first in one direction...

Stage 12 - ⌛ 2 min.

...then in the other.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 2 min.

Peel away the pasta trimmings.

Stage 14 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then take the ravioli out of the mould...

Stage 15 - ⌛ 3 min.

...and place on a wire rack.

Remove any excess flour with a dry brush.

Your ravioli are ready for cooking or freezing.

Stage 16 - ⌛ 40 min.

Repeat the whole process with the remaining dough, adding in the trimmings from stage 13 of the first batch.

Stage 17

At the end you will no doubt have a little dough left over.

This need not go to waste: roll the dough out thinly and simply cut into tagliatelle with a knife.

Remarks

It isn't easy to get the dough to the ideal thickness: too thick and the texture is unpleasant to eat, too thin and it will tear during filling. Do make a note of the settings on your pasta machine when you find the right ones, so that you will know for next time.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, cowvered with plastic film. Freezes well.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	130 RDI=10 %	20 RDI=2 %	780 RDI=40 %	3,280 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=4 %	40 RDI=4 %	5 RDI=1 %	260 RDI=10 %	1,090 RDI: 10 %
Per ravioli	0	3 RDI=0 %	0	20 RDI=1 %	90 RDI: 1 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, egg, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 36 raviolis : 0.50 €
Per ravioli : 0.05 €

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Fresh pasta dough

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