Healthier Olive Garden Cheese Ravioli Recipes

CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH MUSHROOM RAGU (OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT)

Steps:

• MELT 2 tablespoons butter in a heavy bottom roasting pan. Add pancetta, beef, onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. Brown on medium-high heat while stirring for about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook 5 minutes more, then season with black pepper. Add white wine, chicken broth and tomatoes.
• SIMMER sauce on medium heat and cook about 2 hours, or until meat is tender. Add 1/4 cup of chilled butter while stirring sauce until butter is completely melted. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• ADD cooked, drained ravioli to sauce and stir to coat pasta. Place sauced ravioli on serving plate. Top with grated Parmesan and parsley.
• CHEF TIPS:.
• Substitute reconstituted dried porcini mushrooms for domestic mushrooms. Substitute thick bacon for pancetta. Add roasted red peppers to sauce. Add capers or black olives to sauce.

OLIVE GARDEN CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH FRESH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• SAUCE PREPARATION: Heat olive oil over medium heat in saucepan.
• Add roasted red pepper strips, zucchini moons and black olives.
• Cook while stirring for 2 minutes or until the zucchini is cooked to desired texture, then add chicken broth.
• Simmer sauce for 2 minutes.
• Season with salt and cracked black pepper to taste.
• PASTA PREPARATION: Prepare pasta when sauce is complete.
• Use a large pot to boil pasta.
• Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until they float (approximately 3 minutes or 160 degrees F internal temperature).
• Remove pasta from boiling water and lightly mix with sauce.
• PLATING SUGGESTION: Place sauced pasta on serving plate then top with grated Parmesan and Parsley.
• CHEF'S TIP: Toss the pasta in a small amount of olive oil after cooking to prevent sticking.

CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH FRESH VEGETABLES (OLIVE GARDEN COPYCAT)

Steps:

• HEAT olive oil over medium heat in saucepan. Add roasted red pepper strips, zucchini moons, garlic and black olives. Cook while stirring for 2 minutes or until the zucchini reaches a desired texture. Add chicken broth and let sauce simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• DRAIN cooked ravioli well. Toss ravioli in a smal amount of olive oil to prevent sticking. Add cooked ravioli to sauce. Blend well, allowing sauce to cover ravioli.
• PLACE sauced ravioli on a serving plate. Top with grated Parmesan cheese and parsley.