Ingredients:
For the Ravioli Dough:
2 cups flour - sifted
3 egg yolks
¼ tsp. salt
Warm water
Sift the four onto a board make a well in the center, and place the egg yolks in the well. Add 3 tablespoons warm water. Work it into the flour and knead until a stiff dough is formed, adding a little more warm water if necessary.
Knead until smooth and elastic. Cover the dough and let it stand for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough in half, and roll out 1 of the halves as thinly as possible. Using a desired size cover to a jar, (example a mayonnaise jar cover) cut out circles. Using a teaspoon place filling in center; top with another round circle and press the edges firmly with a fork. Repeat until all of the dough is used.
For the Ravioli Filling:
10 oz. box of frozen chopped spinach
1 small onion - chopped
3 cloves of garlic - chopped
6 oz. crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup grated Romano cheese
Zest of ½ lemon
Dash of ground nutmeg
Olive oil for drizzling
Gently, heat a frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the onion and the spinach to thaw. Add the garlic after the spinach has thawed.
Transfer the spinach, onion and garlic to a bowl and add the lemon zest, blue cheese and Romano cheese and toss.
To Cook the Ravioli:
Drop into boiling salted water, and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain well.
For the Fennel and Tomato Sauce:
14 oz. of crushed tomatoes
1 onion - chopped
1 bulb of fresh fennel - sliced
1 cup of chicken broth
1 tablespoon of butter
Dash of salt
Dash of red pepper flakes
Olive oil for drizzling
Heat a frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil and a tablespoon of butter. Add the fennel and onion and sauté until the onion is clear.
Add crushed tomatoes and the chicken broth and simmer on low. Add the seasonings.
Add leftover ravioli filling to the sauce and toss.
This is a delicious treat.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
David says
Catherine, Nice recipe! We both really like blue cheese and spinach...but would have never thought about the combination in ravioli. Thanks and Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Joanne says
I need to start making ravioli from scratch again! These sound excellent!
Cathleen says
Yum! This sounds like quite a bit of work, but it definitely looks worth it!
Angie's Recipes says
I am drooling at the thought eating just blue cheese filling! These raviolis look fabulous!
What's Baking?? says
Oh my.. this looks absolutely mouth watering, Catherine. It's good thing I'm half a globe away from you or else I'll be a constant visitor to your kitchen to savor all our yummy food! Have a great week ahead.
In bucatarie cu Aziz says
What a goodnes!!!!!!!!!!!!have a nice day!!!!