Creamy Ravioli Food

CREAMY SPINACH BAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC/390ºF.
• Sauté the onion in a splash of olive oil until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and spinach and cook until the spinach has wilted.
• Mix the milk and cornflour together. Pour the cream and milk mixture into the pan and allow to simmer gently until the sauce has thickened.
• Add the Parmesan and lemon juice then season to taste.
• Layer the creamy spinach sauce with the ravioli and cheese. Place in the oven and allow to bake for 10-15 minutes until the top is golden brown and the ravioli is heated through.
• Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes then serve.

CREAMY RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Cook ravioli according to package directions; drain.
• In medium sauce pan, add next four ingredients.
• Cook over medium heat until bubbly; continue cooking until liquid is reduced and starts to thicken.
• Add next four ingredients ; cook until heated through and cheese is melted.
• Fold in ravioli; heat through.
• Stir in pinenuts and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve hot with a crisp, green salad and garlic bread.

RAVIOLI IN CREAMY PARMESAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Get all the prep done before you start cooking: mince the garlic and chop the walnuts.Bring a large pot filled with salted water to a boil.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium. Add walnuts, toast until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add sage leaves, cook until crispy, about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate layered with paper towel.
• Reduce the heat to low and add butter. When butter is melted, add garlic and cook until soft and fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice. Add white wine and simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour in cream and bring to a boil, let simmer over low heat for 3 minutes.
• In the meantime, add ravioli to the pot with boiling water and cook, for about 3 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water.
• Add Parmesan to the cream sauce, stir until combined. Simmer for 1 minute. Add ravioli and gently stir to coat ravioli with sauce. Add a splash of cooking water to thin out the sauce, if needed. Taste and adjust salt.
• Serve topped with walnuts, crispy sage, red pepper flakes and some extra black pepper. Enjoy!

CRAB RAVIOLI IN CREAMY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain crabmeat, reserving liquid. In a small bowl, combine crabmeat, cheese, and Italian seasoning. Brush a wonton wrapper with the beaten egg. Place about 1/2 teaspoon crab mixture in the center, and fold wrapper diagonally to create a triangle. Press edges to seal. Transfer to a flour-dusted baking sheet. Repeat until all of crab filling has been used; this should make about 32 ravioli.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine milk and reserved drained crab liquid over medium-high heat. Whisk in sauce, add butter, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, for 3 minutes. Keep sauce warm over low heat while you boil the ravioli. In batches of 8, drop ravioli into boiling water. Cook for 2 minutes, or until ravioli rise to the surface. With a slotted spoon, carefully transfer ravioli to sauce. Repeat until all ravioli are cooked. Divide ravioli equally among 8 plates. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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.

CREAMY RAVIOLI WITH BACON AND PEAS

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Reserve for later use. Discard drippings from skillet.
• Add chicken broth and ravioli to skillet; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 4 min. or until ravioli are tender. Add cream cheese spread, shredded cheese and peas; cook 3 to 4 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is heated through, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• Top with chives and reserved bacon.

RAVIOLI IN CREAMY SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, mix cream cheese spread, milk and Italian seasoning until blended.
• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir 3 to 5 min. or until crisp-tender.
• Drain pasta, reserving 1/3 cup cooking water; cover pasta to keep warm. Add reserved water and cream cheese mixture to skillet; cook and stir on medium heat 2 min. Add spinach; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or just until spinach starts to wilt. Add pasta; stir to evenly coat. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Cook the ravioli according to the directions given on the container. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut up the chicken breasts into bite size peices.
• Combine flour, salt, and pepper.
• Roll chicken in flour mixture.
• Put oil in pan on medium heat.
• Cook chicken in pan until tender and cooked all the way through.
• In sauce pan, compine whipping cream, pesto, capers, salt, and pepper. Heat until it gets thicker and creamy. (~2 minutes)
• Combine ravioli, chicken, and brocolli in large oven safe pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

HOMEMADE FOUR CHEESE RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Mound the flour and salt together on a work surface and form a well. Beat the teaspoon of olive oil, 2 eggs, and water in a bowl. Pour half the egg mixture into the well. Begin mixing the egg with the flour with one hand; use your other hand to keep the flour mound steady. Add the remaining egg mixture and knead to form a dough.
• Knead the dough until smooth, 8 to 10 minutes; add more flour if the dough is too sticky. Form the dough into a ball and wrap tightly with plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• While the dough is resting, prepare the ravioli filling. Combine the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese, egg, and parsley and mix well. Set the filling aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the crushed garlic and pesto sauce and cook for one minute. Pour in the heavy cream, raise the heat to high, and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the Parmesan cheese and stir until the cheese melts. Remove the pan from the heat and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, in a separate saucepan, warm the marinara sauce over medium-low heat.
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Beat the egg with the tablespoon of water to make the egg wash.
• Roll out the pasta dough into thin sheets no thicker than a nickel. To assemble the ravioli, brush the egg wash over a sheet of pasta. Drop the filling mixture on the dough by teaspoonfuls about one inch apart. Cover the filling with the top sheet of pasta, pressing out the air from around each portion of filling. Press firmly around the filling to seal. Cut into individual ravioli with a knife or pizza cutter. Seal the edges.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the ravioli, and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the ravioli float to the top and the filling is hot, 4 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
• Grease a baking sheet. Place the cooked ravioli on the sheet pan and bake in the preheated oven until brown, about 4 minutes.
• To serve the ravioli, divide them among four warmed serving bowls. Drizzle the marinara sauce over the ravioli and then top with the cream sauce.

CREAMY RAVIOLI, TOMATO & MASCARPONE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 6. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole or saucepan over a medium heat and fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 10 mins, or until softened and translucent. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and fry for 1 min more. Tip in the tomatoes and sugar and simmer, uncovered, for 10 mins. Stir through the mascarpone, then blitz the mixture until smooth and creamy using a hand blender.
• Cook the ravioli in a large pan of boiling water for 1 min. Drain, then tip into a 20 x 26cm rectangular baking dish. Pour over the sauce, stir through the basil, tear over the mozzarella and scatter over the parmesan. Bake for 15-20 mins, or until golden and bubbling at the edges. Let stand for a few minutes, then serve.