Naked Ravioli Food

GNUDI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• In a large bowl, mix ricotta, spinach, Parmesan cheese, eggs, and yolks. Stir in nutmeg, salt, pepper, and flour. Form mixture in to small, flattened balls.
• Dredge the formed gnudi in flour to coat, tapping off the excess. Slide formed gnudi into the boiling water. Be careful not to overcrowd the pan; work in batches if necessary. Remove the gnudi using a slotted spoon after they float to the top and have cooked for about 4 minutes.
• Arrange gnudi on a platter and lightly drizzle with marinara sauce.

GNUDI CON LA ZUCCA: NAKED RAVIOLI WITH SQUASH

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil in a saucepan. Add the butternut squash, salt, and pepper and saute until the butternut squash is fork tender. Transfer the squash mixture to a bowl. Using the back of a fork, mash until the squash is an even mixture. Let cool. Add the ricotta cheese, 1 cup Parmigiano cheese, flour, and an egg. Mix thoroughly until the mixture becomes a soft dough.
• Using your hands, scoop enough of the mixture to roll into the size of a golf ball. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
• Place the gnudi balls in a pot of boiling salted water for about 1 minute, or until they float to the surface. Drain and plate.
• Drizzle the gnudi balls with the remaining extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkle with Parmigiano cheese.

GNUDI ALL' ACQUA AL 2: NAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to about 400 degrees F. Saute the spinach with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 1/2 the quantity of the garlic for a few minutes until soft. Let cool. Then in a bowl, combine the spinach, ricotta, Parmigiano and salt to taste. Add a small amount of flour, a little at a time, only if ricotta is filled with too much moisture. Combine the mixture thoroughly.
• Smear some olive oil on your hands. Scoop mixture, in the amount of an egg, onto the palm of your hands and form into a compact ball. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
• In a saucepan, heat up the remaining olive oil, then add the remaining garlic, cherry tomatoes and basil and cook for approximately 5 minutes. Spoon half the sauce into a baking dish, then add the "gnudi" balls and top with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with Parmigiano cheese and bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

BAKED RAVIOLI FOR WEEKNIGHTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Combine pasta sauce, tomatoes and water. Spoon 1 cup pasta sauce mixture into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Layer half each of the ravioli and shredded cheese over pasta sauce mixture in baking dish. Top with remaining ravioli and reserved pasta sauce mixture. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 30 min. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

BAKED SEAFOOD RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Cook Ravioli in salted boiling water as directed on bag. Drain well.
• Combine alfredo sauce, crab, shrimp, pepper, sherry (if using), Old Bay, salt/pepper and 1 cup of the cheese.
• Gently combine the cooked ravioli and the sauce mixture, trying to not break the ravioli. Carefully pour into the prepared casserole pan.
• Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Top with remaining cheese and bake uncovered for an additional 15 minutes or till the cheese is melted and the sauce is hot and bubbley.
• Prep time does not include boiling the ravioli. Hope you enjoy!

BAKED RAVIOLI WITH PARMESAN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Cook ravioli as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onions; cook 5 min. or until tender, stirring occasionally and adding garlic for the last min. Stir in tomatoes, basil and pepper. Bring to boil; simmer on low heat 10 min., stirring occasionally.
• Drain ravioli; stir into tomato mixture. Spoon into 3-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; sprinkle with cheeses.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until heated through.

BAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Pour some tomato sauce into bottom of 9x13 inch casserole (just enough to keep the bottom wet).
• Place a layer of frozen ravioli (no need to thaw or pre-cook) in the sauce. Sprinkle with spinach, Parmesan, and mozzarella.
• Place another layer of ravioli. Pour the rest of sauce over the ravioli.
• Sprinkle rest of cheeses over the sauce. Season with black pepper to taste.
• Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover and bake for another 30 minutes or until cheese melts and sauce bubbles.

BAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Brown ground beef with the chopped onion. Drain.
• Pour in the spaghetti sauce and garlic powder, simmer for 5 minutes.
• Cover the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish with a small amount of the sauce mixture, place ravioli in a single layer on top of the sauce. Now spread some sauce over the ravioli and sprinkle some mozzarella on top. Keep layering like this as you would layer lasagna, finishing with sauce.
• Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top, just a small amount.
• Bake uncovered for 1 hour.

NAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine meat with egg, cheese, parsley, onion, and salt and pepper. Mix well but do not knead. Form into balls 1/2 inch in diameter. Refrigerate until ready to cook. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it.
• Cook meatballs in water for about 5 minutes; remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm. Cook pasta in same water until tender but not mushy. Meanwhile, in a medium pot cook butter and sage together until butter is light brown, about 5 minutes.
• Before draining pasta, reserve a bit of its cooking water. Drain pasta, then toss it with butter-sage mixture and enough reserved water to make it saucy. Top with meatballs and serve, passing grated Parmesan at the table.

NAKED RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Boil the spinach and Swiss chard in salted water for 10 minutes.
• Drain, cool, squeeze dry and chop finely.
• Place the chopped greens in a bowl along with the ricotta, gorgonzola, egg yolks and two-thirds of the Parmesan.
• Mix and season with salt and pepper.
• Spread the flour on a board, then take the ravioli mixture out by the tablespoon and roll it in the flour, forming a small ball.
• Once you have five or six balls, drop them into a pot of boiling water and cook for 30 seconds.
• They will rise to the top when done.
• Continue until all the ravioli balls are cooked.
• Melt the butter over a low heat, then serve immediately, mixed with the left over Parmesan and sage leaves.