Beef And Mushroom Ravioli Food

BEEF AND MUSHROOM RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Whisk together water, olive oil, and eggs. Add semolina and salt to your mixer, and run briefly to combine. Add flours, and mix with your dough hook attached for 5 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. If the dough is still sticky, continue adding small amounts of all-purpose flour until a stiff dough is formed.
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes to an hour.
• In a medium pan over medium high heat, add beef, mushrooms, and onion to pan. Add seasonings. Brown well, stirring frequently. Drain off any excess fat. Dissolve Better Than Bouillon in hot water. Add to pan, and stir well. Cook beef until excess water cooks off. Remove from heat and let cool. Pulse briefly in a food processor to make into tiny chunks so the ravioli stuffs well.
• Put on a large pan of water to boil.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead several times, and then roll out. Make sure to keep your dough and the surface well floured to prevent sticking.
• Using a ravioli press as a guide, cut dough into sheets, and stuff ravioli according to your press instructions. Set out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet in a single layer until read to cook.
• Once your water boils, turn down the heat to a slow simmer. These need to cook gently. Add to water and cook for 2-4 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, and serve immediately with your favorite sauce.

BEEF - MUSHROOM RAGU OVER FRESH CHEESE RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add mushroom, onions and garlic and sauté 6 minutes or until onions are soft; Remove mixture from the skillet and set aside.
• Add the lean ground beef to the skillet and cook about 6 minutes or until no longer pink.
• Add the mushroom mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, sugar and salt and pepper to the beef mixture.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened and the flavors have had chance to blend.
• While cooking the sauce, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Add ravioli and cook according to package directions.
• Drain and return to pot, adding 1 tbsp olive oil and toss to coat.
• Spoon ravioli into a serving dish and top with sauce.
• Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and enjoy!

SHORT RIB RAVIOLI AND CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• For the short ribs: Marinate the short ribs with wine, shallot, garlic and herbs overnight.
• Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F.
• Remove the ribs and keep the marinade for later. Sear the short ribs in a heavy saucepan on medium high or until golden brown on all sides and remove. Add the carrot, leek, celery in the saucepan and caramelize on high heat, then deglaze with the reserved marinade. Bring to a boil and add the short ribs again, veal stock, ketchup, and honey. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cover and place in the oven for 3 hours or until the meat falls off the bone. Remove from oven, strain liquid and skim the fat. On medium heat, reduce the braising liquid by half, about 30 minutes. Keep aside for the creamy mushroom sauce.
• For the filling: Rehydrate the dried mushrooms in hot water for about 15 minutes and keep the liquid for the sauce.
• Place the onions in a saute pan and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes, until golden brown and caramelized, stirring on a regular basis.
• In another pan, saute the rehydrated mushrooms in olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add the shredded short rib meat and caramelized onions. Season with salt and pepper. Keep aside.
• For the pasta dough: Place the flour on a table in a mound and make a well in the center. Put the eggs and salt into the well.
• Whisk the eggs together with a fork, and gently incorporate the flour into the egg mixture a little at a time. Using your hands, bring the mixture together to form a ball.
• Knead the pasta dough, about 5 minutes. Put the dough in a bowl with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes until ready to roll your fresh pasta.
• The pasta can be used right away or will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week.
• Cut the pasta dough into 4 equal sections. Flatten one of the dough balls with the palm of your hand until it's about 1/2-inch thick and no wider than the slot of the pasta machine. If you don't have a pasta machine, a rolling pin will work fine but make sure to roll the dough thin enough.
• Adjust the slot of the pasta machine to its widest setting (usually number 7). Turn the handle while feeding the dough through the slot. Gently hold the flattened dough as it comes out of the pasta machine, but don't pull on it. After the dough has completely passed through the pasta machine, turn the slot down to the next smallest setting and pass the dough through the slot.
• As you make the slot smaller, your sheet of dough will become longer. Try to gently hold the dough as it exits the pasta machine so it doesn't tear. Continue passing the dough through the machine until it's about a 1/16-inch thick or number 2 on the pasta machine.
• For the ravioli: Using 2 spoons, place about 1 tablespoon of filling into each pocket. Leave 2-inches in between each of them.
• Brush the edges of the pasta with water. This will help the ravioli to seal tightly when boiled. Place another sheet of pasta over the ravioli filling. Press out any air to form a seal around each ravioli. Using a cookie cutter to cut desired shape.
• Place the raviolis in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet to prevent from sticking. At this point, if you want to freeze the ravioli for later, place the entire baking sheet into the freezer. Once the ravioli have frozen, you can remove the pasta and place them in resealable bags.
• For the sauce: In a pan on medium heat, saute the shallots and fresh mushrooms in olive oil and butter until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper. Add reserved short rib braising liquid and water from the rehydrated mushrooms. Continue cooking until quantity is reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Add the cream and let simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes.
• For serving: Cook the ravioli in salted boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes or until the ravioli floats. Serve 3 to 4 raviolis per person, add the mushroom sauce and garnish with grated Parmesan cheese and chopped chives.

MUSHROOM RAVIOLI FILLING

Steps:

• Chop onion.
• Chop both mushrooms finely (1/4 to 1/8 in).
• Mince garlic.
• In a large pan, melt the butter with the oil, add chopped onion, and cook until it is a deep golden brown.
• Add minced garlic, and cook until fragrant (about 1 minute) then add the chopped mushrooms, thyme, oregano, salt, and pepper. Cook until mushrooms release their liquid and are tender.
• With a slotted spoon, remove about 1/4 of the mushroom mixture and set aside. Pour the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Return the blended mushroom mixture back to the pan and add the 1/4 you set aside.
• In a small cup, mix together the flour and heavy cream until smooth and rather pasty and add it to the mushroom mixture in the pan. Add the mascarpone and stir to incorporate both the flour-cream mixture and the mascarpone until mostly disappeared.
• Turn heat to medium, and cook stirring constantly until it starts to bubble. It should begin to thicken shortly after it starts bubbling. You are looking for a fairly thick consistency similar to pate or chocolate mousse.
• If it doesn't seem thick enough add a bit more flour-cream mixture (in a 1-to-1 ratio of flour to cream). You don't want your filling too watery or your dough will get soggy.
• Once it is thick enough, turn off heat, stir in chopped italian parsley, and set aside to cool completely.
• To fill ravioli, I recommend using a piping bag with a #12 or #2A tip. I used a smaller one and the chunks of mushroom got stuck in mine. About 1 TBSP filling per ravioli.

MUSHROOM RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add mushrooms, vegetable broth, garlic, scallions, sage, dill, thyme, and parsley and cook until reduced, about 10 minutes. Separate liquid from mushrooms with a spoon and reserve-this will be your sauce later. The consistency should be thin, and the color should be dark.
• Spoon a small amount of mushroom filling onto one wonton. Take another and seal the two using a fork, wetting the edges with water if necessary. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
• Heat remaining butter in a pan over medium to medium-high heat. Add ravioli and saute until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Drizzle sauce on top and serve.