Homemade Ravioli

Meat
Egg
Parmesan Cheese
Onion
Garlic
Mushrooms
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Pasta Dough

It’s all to taste really so no proportions. I used about a 1/2 kilo of beef, 1 egg, 1/2 bulb of garlic.. You get the idea. Savory.

Roll dough into large rectangle, then cut in half. Spoon meat into a grid.
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Dampen the areas in between meat if dry, then cover. Starting from one side so you can p push the extra air out, press in between each piece of meat to seal it in.
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After its all sealed, cut along the center of each groove to make individual raviolis.
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Boil in salted water with a drizzle of olive oil. These are large so I served 4 per bowl with a large scoop of pasta sauce.
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Also great to freeze for later.

Another fantastic sauce we used was a simple mushroom garlic sauce.

Italian Sausage

Ground Pork
Ground Beef
Garlic
Onion
Fennel Seed
Oregano
Basil
Parsley
Paprika
Thyme
Black Pepper
Chili Flakes
Brown Sugar
Salt

There are no measurements because all this is really to taste and depends on what you want your final result to be. For sweet, use more basil, sugar, onion, and parsley, and less garlic and peppers. For spicy do the reverse. The key for that nice “Italian Sausage” flavor though is the fennel seed. Use some whole and more that has been loosely broken up with a knife.

Blend it all up thoroughly then let sit in the refrigerator overnight to allow the flavors to settle.

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