Homemade Egg Ravioli | Vegetarian Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 4 fl oz boiling water
- 0.4 cup ricotta
- 2 tbsp basil, chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- lemon zest
- salt and pepper
- 0.25 cup parmesan, grated
- 10 eggs (separate the yolks and the whites!)
Instructions
- Mix the flour, salt, and boiling water together and then knead it into a dough. Cover the bowl and leave the dough to rest for an hour.
- Mix the ricotta, basil, parmesan, olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon zest together.
- Knead the dough once more and form it into a roll. Cut the roll into 20 slices, two for each piece of ravioli. Roll them out into thin circles on a work surface covered with flour. Use a small bowl or something similar to cut out the circles.
- Put a dollop of the ricotta mixture in the middle of 10 of the dough circles. Make a slight depression in the ricotta and carefully place an egg yolk on top, so that it stays intact. Brush the border of the dough with egg white and then lay a second sheet of dough on top. Press the edges of both sheets of dough together carefully, but firmly enough that they stick together.
- Poach the Egg Ravioli in simmering water with some salt and serve with chopped chives and freshly-ground pepper.