Pasta is the ultimate savory comfort food. And making it from scratch is such a game changer.
There are different flours your can use to make fresh pasta. I prefer to use all 00 flour.
If you can’t find it in the supermarket, you can order it on Amazon. I always keep it on hand because I also use it for pizza dough.
This is recipe is very versatile. You can use any vegetable in place of the spinach or add to the spinach if you want.
Recipe:
2 large eggs
1 egg yolk
2 cups 00 flour
1 cup fresh spinach
1 tbsp Parsley
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
Filling:
1 cup Ricotta cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Sauce:
1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Parmesan
Salt
Pepper
In a Strong Blender, purée spinach, parsley, oil, and eggs.
Place flour on a cutting board and make a well with your fingers. Add salt. Pour spinach mixture into the well. Bring the edges of the flour into the mixture. Keep blending until it all comes together. If it’s too dry, add a little water a teaspoon at a time.
Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Make the filling. Mix the cheeses. Add salt and pepper. Set aside.
Divide dough in half. Flatten the first half and run it through a pasta machine or a standing mixer with a flat pasta attachment. Start with the largest setting to roll flat. Move it to the next smaller number and run it through again. Fold the pasta into a 3 fold. Run through the pasta attachment again. Keep running it through the settings going down until it’s a thickness that you like.
Lay the dough onto a cutting board or the counter.
Spoon about 1 tsp filling into one half of the dough. Keep placing the mixture down the length of the dough spaced out about 1 inch. Fold the other side of the dough over the cheese. Press down all around each cheese spoonful. Use a ravioli cutter to cut out each ravioli. Place in a dish without touching.
Repeat process with second half of dough. Drop each ravioli into a pot of boiling water. Cook for about 3-5 minutes, until the start to float. Drain.
In a pan completely melt butter until it starts to brown and it gets nutty. Add ravioli, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
