Pumpkin Ravioli With Crispy Margherita Prosciutto Food

PUMPKIN RAVIOLI WITH CRISPY MARGHERITA® PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the pine nuts on a cookie tray, place in oven for 5-8 minutes at 350 until lightly browned.
• Separately, place ravioli in large pot of boiling water, cook to package instructions, about 8-10 minutes. Sift out with large draining.
• Separately, in sauce pan, saute olive oil, garlic and mushrooms for 1-2 minutes. Add Margherita® Prosciutto.
• Saute until garlic and prosciutto are light brown then add Amaretto, allowing it to flame/burn off, then add the butter.
• Once butter is melted, add chicken stock. Reduce heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat and add baked pinoli nuts.
• Ladle out sauce onto ravioli in pasta dish, garnish with fresh sage (may also fry sage leaves to crispy for garnish).

BEEFY BAKED RAVIOLI WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to broil with rack 9 inches from heat. Place a 12-inch cast-iron skillet on stove-top over medium-high. Add beef; cook, stirring often, until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove beef; drain and set aside. Wipe skillet clean.
• Heat oil in skillet over medium-high; add onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add garlic to skillet; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in crushed tomatoes, stock, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and ravioli. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium. Cover and simmer until ravioli are tender, about 8 minutes. Uncover and return cooked beef to skillet. Stir in half of spinach, and cook just until wilted. Repeat with remaining spinach. Top with mozzarella and Parmesan.
• Broil in preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden, about 6 minutes. Remove from oven, and garnish with fresh basil.

RAVIOLI WITH PROSCIUTTO, ROMA TOMATO AND SAGE

Steps:

• Put a pot of salted water on to boil.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium to medium/high heat.
• Add prosciutto and let cook for 5 minutes.
• Add chopped roma tomatoes and cook for 4 more minutes.
• Add chopped sage and pepper.
• Add your ravioli to the boiling water.
• Add heavy cream to your tomato/prosciutto mixture and stir well.
• Bring just to a boil and lower heat to a high simmer.
• As ravioli begin to float, scoop them out of the pot and add to the skillet with the sauce mix.
• Add cheese and gently toss to coat.
• Serve with a green salad and garlic breadsticks.

PUMPKIN RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Heat a saute pan over low heat and add 4 tablespoons of the butter. When the butter is foamy, add the cubed pumpkin and cook, stirring often to stop it from sticking and burning, until it softens and falls into a puree.
• Turn the pumpkin into a saucepan, add 1/2 of the cream and half the herbs and cook over a low heat for approximately 1 hour, or until the puree is thick and the liquid has evaporated. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. Remove from the heat and beat in an additional 2 tablespoons of butter. Whisk in the beaten eggs, season, to taste, with salt and pepper and set a side to cool.
• On a floured surface, roll out the pasta as thin as possible. Cut into 2 sheets and brush 1 of them with egg wash. Using a teaspoon, place 24 equal mounds of the pumpkin puree on the egg-washed dough, about 2 inches apart. Cover the mounded dough with the second sheet of pasta and press around the mounds of pumpkin to seal the dough.
• Using a ravioli cutter or a sharp knife cut the ravioli. Dust a tray with semolina and place the ravioli on it.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, while you make the sauce.
• Prepare the sauce: In a saucepan, reduce the stock with the shallots to 1/2 cup. Add the remaining cream and reduce by half. Over a low heat, whisk in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, a little at a time, over low heat. Strain the sauce into a clean saucepan and add the remaining sage and thyme. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add the ravioli to the rapidly boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain. Add the ravioli to the sauce and bring just to a boil. Correct the seasonings.
• Divide the ravioli among preheated soup dishes and spoon the sauce over them. Garnish each serving with a fresh sage leaf. Serve immediately.
• A simple but delicious alternative sauce can be made from fresh unsalted butter, minced fresh sage, and a little freshly grated Parmesan.
• Spinach Pasta Dough:
• Wash the spinach carefully in 2 or 3 changes of water. Cut off 1 inch of the stems. Chop the leaves and puree them in a towel or napkin and squeeze the juice into a measuring cup. (Use a towel or napkin that you dont mind using only for this purpose, because spinach juice stains.) There should be about 1/4 cup of juice. Stir 2 tablespoons of the spinach puree into the spinach juice and reserve. Discard the remaining puree.
• Combine the flours in the food processor with salt. With the motor running, add the eggs, olive oil, and enough of the spinach mixture through the feed tube so that the dough forms a ball pressed together. Wrap the dough in plastic and let it rest at room temperature, for at least 2 hours.
• Divide the dough into 4 pieces and roll and cut 1 at a time as desired. Keep. The unrolled dough covered to prevent it from drying. Place any cut pasta on baking sheets that have been liberally dusted with semolina.
• Place the flours in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the salt, eggs, and olive oil. Process until the dough begins to mass on the blade (about 1-2 minutes).
• Remove the dough from the processor and press it into a ball. Wrap in plastic and let rest at least 2 hours in the refrigerator before rolling and cutting. (Rolling the dough by hand is extremely tedious; with a small pasta machine and cutting attachment, you will save time and produce a much more uniform product.)
• Notes: The pasta can be made by hand or in an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. For each of these methods, mix the dry ingredients together first, make a well in the center, add the wet ingredients and mix them together slowly until everything is combined well. Wrap in a plastic.
• In a stockpot, place the chicken bones, then add all the remaining ingredients except the water. Add water to cover by 2 inches, bring it to a boil and reduce the heat. Simmer the mixture for 2 or 3 hours, skimming the surface scum form the stock as it collects.
• Strain the stock into a clean pot, and grease it thoroughly. Bring the stock to a boil, and reduce it over moderate heat to 2 quarters.
• Use the stuck immediately or let it cool to room temperature and refrigerate or freeze until needed.

PUMPKIN RAVIOLI WITH SAGE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Add fresh ravioli and cook for about 4 minutes or until the float to the top.
• Remove ravioli from water with large slotted spoon or spider, and place in a large platter.
• Cover with foil to keep warm while you prepare the sauce.
• In a small saute pan, melt the stick of butter over low heat.
• When butter just begins to sizzle and brown, tear the fresh sage leaves into the pan and fry for 20-30 seconds.
• Remove butter sauce from the heat and grate in the nutmeg.
• Pour butter sauce over the ravioli.
• Sprinkle with grated cheese and toasted hazel nuts (if using).
• Grate the amaretti cookies over the dish and serve immediately.