Crab Ravioli In Creamy Tomato Sauce Food

LOBSTER RAVIOLI WITH CRABMEAT CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Lobster Ravioli: In a large saute pan, add the butter and melt. Add the garlic and shallots and saute until golden brown. Add lobster, crab, and chives and saute 2 to 3 minutes. Add Cognac and reduce for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes, until room temperature. Chop lobster mixture into small chunks. In a large bowl, combine lobster mixture and ricotta and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
• Lay out the first piece of Pasta Dough on the table and place 1/4-ounce mounds of stuffing 2 inches apart. Using a pastry brush, brush egg white around each bit of stuffing, making the dough damp not wet. Take the second piece and cover the bottom piece with the stuffing. Press around each ravioli being careful not to squeeze the stuffing out. Using a round ravioli cutter, cut each ravioli round and put on a sheet pan sprinkled with semolina. Gently place ravioli in boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente.
• For the sauce: Using a 12-inch saute pan at medium heat, add butter, shallots, and saute until shallots are translucent. Add the crabmeat and saute for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the saute pan from the burner and add Cognac then place pan back on the heat to cook off the alcohol. (Please beware: the Cognac will create a large flame.) Once the flame stops, add the tomato sauce and cream with salt and cook until it reduces half way and becomes creamy. Add the cooked ravioli to the sauce and let cook together for about 1 minute before serving. Garnish with chives.
• Add all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl until all ingredients are blended. Place mixture on countertop and knead until the texture is smooth and well mixed. Separate the pasta dough into 2 equal pieces and put one piece aside. Flour the first piece, just enough to prevent sticking and roll out with a rolling pin to about 1/8th-inch thick. Repeat procedure with second piece making it as close to the shape as the first.

LOBSTER RAVIOLI IN TOMATO CREAM SAUCE WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Peel and devein the shrimp, reserving the shells and heads. Chop the shrimp into bite-size pieces.
• To make the shrimp stock, combine the shrimp shells and heads, onion, and celery in a large pot. Squeeze the lemon juice into the pot, then add the lemon halves as well. Add the dried basil, oregano, thyme, peppercorns, 1/2 cup parsley, and 3 cups of water. Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, skimming away any foam or impurities that have risen to the surface. Strain the shrimp stock and set aside.
• Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the shrimp pieces until pink and almost cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and set aside. Add the shallots to the pan; cook and stir until the shallots have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, lemon zest, salt, and ground pepper. Cook for thirty seconds, then add the white wine. Bring to a boil and cook until the white wine is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp stock to the pan, bring it to a boil, and simmer until the sauce is reduce by half, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a large pot with heavily salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in ravioli, and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the ravioli float to the top and the filling is hot, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain well, reserving a little pasta-cooking water to thin the sauce, if necessary.
• Stir the diced tomatoes and cream into the shrimp sauce and heat through. Return the shrimp to the pan, taste the sauce, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Fold the ravioli into the sauce.
• Place four ravioli onto each of four warmed pasta bowls or plates and top with sauce. Garnish the pasta with chopped parsley and lemon zest.

OPEN-FACED CRAB RAVIOLI WITH TOMATO SHRIMP COULIS

Steps:

• Gently blanch the sheets of pasta in a large pot of salted, boiling water for 60 seconds, then shock in ice water. Cut out 6 circles with a circular cookie cutter, approximately 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Lay out on oiled parchment paper and reserve.
• Gently melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the crabmeat and gently fold into butter. Add chives and season with salt and pepper.

RAVIOLI WITH CREAMY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add about 1/4 cup olive oil to the water to help prevent pasta from sticking. Add the ravioli and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Drain the ravioli, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Toss the ravioli with the remaining oil to coat.
• Meanwhile, bring the marinara sauce to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking often. Whisk in the ricotta and enough reserved cooking water to thin the sauce to desired consistency. For a thicker sauce, use less pasta water; for a thinner sauce, add more water. Return the sauce to a simmer. Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon 3 tablespoons of sauce over the bottom of each of 6 bowls. Arrange the ravioli over the sauce. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the ravioli. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and the basil, and serve.

TEN-MINUTE RAVIOLI WITH TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package instructions; drain.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; sauté 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and simmer until juicy, about 5 minutes. Stir in wine; simmer 3 minutes. Stir in cream and tarragon; simmer until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir in cheese. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Place ravioli in serving bowl. Spoon sauce over.

LOBSTER RAVIOLI WITH CRABMEAT CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Lobster Ravioli: In a large saute pan, add the butter and melt. Add the garlic and shallots and saute until golden brown. Add lobster, crab, and chives and saute 2 to 3 minutes. Add Cognac and reduce for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes, until room temperature. Chop lobster mixture into small chunks. In a large bowl, combine lobster mixture and ricotta and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
• Lay out the first piece of pasta dough on the table and place 1/4-ounce mounds of stuffing 2 inches apart. Using a pastry brush, brush egg white around each bit of stuffing, making the dough damp not wet. Take the second piece and cover the bottom piece with the stuffing. Press around each ravioli being careful not to squeeze the stuffing out. Using a round ravioli cutter, cut each ravioli round and put on a sheet pan sprinkled with semolina. Gently place ravioli in boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente.
• For the sauce: Using a 12-inch saute pan at medium heat, add butter, shallots, and saute until shallots are translucent. Add the crabmeat and saute for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the saute pan from the burner and add Cognac then place pan back on the heat to cook off the alcohol. (Please beware: the Cognac will create a large flame.) Once the flame stops, add the tomato sauce and cream with salt and cook until it reduces half way and becomes creamy. Add the cooked ravioli to the sauce and let cook together for about 1 minute before serving. Garnish with chives.
• Pasta Dough: Add all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl until all ingredients are blended. Place mixture on countertop and knead until the texture is smooth and well mixed. Separate the pasta dough into 2 equal pieces and put one piece aside. Flour the first piece, just enough to prevent sticking and roll out with a rolling pin to about 1/8th-inch thick. Repeat procedure with second piece making it as close to the shape as the first. CAN USE WON-TON WRAPPERS.

RAVIOLI IN CREAMY TOMATO MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• In saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat; cook onion, garlic mushrooms, salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until no liquid remains, about 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle with flour; cook, stirring for 1 minute.
• Stir in milk and tomatoes, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often untill thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile in larg pot of boiling salted water cook ravioli until tender but firm, about 10 minutes.
• Drain and return to pot.
• Add sauce, cheese, basil and parsley; stir untill cheese melts.

CRABMEAT RAVIOLI WITH RED PEPPER CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine shrimp, egg white, parsley, basil, lemon juice, garlic, salt & pepper in a food processor and pulse. Scrape sides and pulse again. With machine running, add cream through the top in a steady stream. Transfer to a bowl & fold in crabmeat, cheese & shallots.
• Place 1 pasta sheet on work surface. Scoop heaping tablespoons of crabmeat filling evenly down the sheet, abt 4 inches apart in 2 rows of 4. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat the areas around filling with egg wash. Place another pasta sheet on top & press down around the mounds of filling to squeeze out the air pockets & seal. With a 4-inch round cutter or knift, cut into individual ravioli.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add ravioli & cook until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon & divide into 4 plates. Drizzle the sauce on top and arrange the asparagus on the side. Garnish each portion with cheese & basil & serve immediately.

RAVIOLI WITH CREAMY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Add about 1/4 cup olive oil to the water to help prevent pasta from sticking.
• Add the ravioli and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Drain the ravioli, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
• Toss the ravioli with the remaining oil to coat.
• Meanwhile, bring the marinara sauce to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking often.
• Whisk in the ricotta and enough reserved cooking water to thin the sauce to desired consistency.
• For a thicker sauce, use less pasta water; for a thinner sauce, add more water.
• Return the sauce to a simmer and season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon 3 tablespoons of sauce over the bottom of each of 6 bowls. Arrange the ravioli over the sauce. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the ravioli. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and the basil, and serve.

RAVIOLI WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, boil heavy cream over medium heat stirring constantly until cream is reduced by half, which should take about 5 minutes.
• Add tomato paste, salt and pepper and whisk until blended.
• Add cooked ravioli to cream sauce and toss to coat.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve!

SKEWERED RAVIOLI WITH CREAMY TOMATO DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook ravioli according to package directions; drain and pat dry. In a small bowl, combine bread crumbs and cheese; set aside., Diagonally thread 2 ravioli onto each of 10 soaked wooden appetizer skewers; brush both sides with pesto. Transfer to a foil-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with bread crumb mixture. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat until browned, 3-5 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine marinara sauce and cream. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until heated through. Serve with ravioli.