Fresh Ravioli And Grilled Tomatoes With Blue Cheese Sauce Recipes

BLUE CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH ONION SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauce:
• 1. Melt 3 tablesppons butter in a heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Mix in onion. Cover; cook until softened but not brown, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add 3/4 cup broth; simmer untill onions are tender, about 6 minutes. Puree in processor until smooth. Paur into small saucepan. Add 1 tablesppon butter. Then with more broth if desired.
• *Can be made 1 day ahead. cover; chill.
• Dough:.
• Mix flour and salt in large bowl; make well in center. Add eggs, yolks, and 1 tablesppon water to well.; stir to blend. Gradually stir flour into egg mixture. Knead dough in bowl until shaggy, sticky dough forms, about 5 minutes. Turn dough onto lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, about 10 minutes. Gather dough into ball. Cover with plastic and let rest 1 hour at room temperature.
• Filling:.
• Cook butter in heavy samll saucepan over medium heat until brown, about 3 minutes. Pour into small bowl; cool. Mix in ricotta, blue cheese, parmesan, salt, and egg yolk.
• Assembly:.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Cover pieces with plastic wrap. Set pasta machine to widest setting. Flatten 1 dough piece into rectangle; run through machine. Fold in half crosswise (end to end) and run through again. Continue, adjusting machine to narrower setting after every 2 passes and dusting with flour as needed to keep from sticking, until pasta sheet is 24 inches long (sant 1/16 inch thick). Using 2 1/2 round cutter, cut out 12 to 14 rounds. brush half of each round lightly with egg white.
• Drop 1 teaspoon filling into center of each round; lift sides of round up over filling to meet at center; pinch to seal along seam, forming dumpling. Repeat with remaining rounds. Place in single layer on lightly floured parchment-lined baking sheets. Repeat with ramining dough.
• *Can be made 6 hours ahead; chill.
• Working in 2 batched, cook pasta in large deep skille of boiling salted water until just tender, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to large bowl. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil; toss gentle. Rewarm sauce; drizzle onto each plate. Top with ravioli and garnish.

CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH FRESH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the pasta dough:
• Combine the ingredients in a food processor. Process until the dough mixture leaves the sides of the bowl. Remove to a mixing bowl and knead by hand for a few minutes until smooth. (If the dough is too dry, add a few drops of water.) Divide into 4 equal parts and shape them into discs. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for 1 hour.
• Make the ravioli filling
• Put the cheeses, salt, and pepper in a blender and pulse. Add the egg yolks and pulse until incorporated.
• Make the ravioli
• Roll the discs of dough into thin sheets in a pasta machine. Arrange tablespoon-size dollops of the filling 1 1/2 inches apart on one of the sheets. Brush a little egg white around each dollop, then place another sheet directly on top. Gently press around the filling to remove any air pockets and seal the sheets. Using a ravioli cutter or a knife, cut out ravioli squares. Sprinkle with flour to prevent the dough from sticking.
• Cooking the ravioli
• Cook the ravioli in plenty of boiling salted water until they float to the top, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain well and toss with the Fresh tomato sauce . Garnish with the remaining chopped basil and serve immediately.

CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH FRESH TOMATO AND ARTICHOKE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a dutch oven or large saucepan bring salted water to a boil and cook ravioli according to package directions.
• Over a medium high flame, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large nonstick skillet. Stirring occasionally, add tomatoes, artichokes and liquid, scallions, garlic, salt and pepper and cook 2 to 3 minutes or until vegetables are warmed through. Remove from heat.
• Drain pasta well and transfer to a large bowl. Toss with 1 teaspoon of oil and add half of the sauce to the ravioli, tossing gently to mix. Transfer ravioli to a large serving platter, pour on remaining sauce and garnish with parmesan cheese. Serve immediateley.