Irresistible Cheese and Spinach Ravioli with Tomato Sauce

So beautiful, with a delicate filling — it’s impossible to resist! Ravioli with cheese and spinach is a traditional dish of Italian cuisine, they are similar to dumplings made from a harder dough. The filling here is ricotta with herbs, served with aromatic tomato sauce.
cook time: 1h
Miles Denholm
Irresistible Cheese and Spinach Ravioli with Tomato Sauce

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

218
Calories
12g
Fat
15g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 170 g
Eggs 2 pc
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

For filling:

Ricotta 200 g
Spinach 100 g
Hard cheese 20 g
Butter 20 g
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

For the sauce:

Tomatoes 2 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Sugar 0.5 tsp
Dry spices to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make ravioli with cheese and spinach? Prepare your food. First of all, knead the dough. Take premium flour, eggs — category C1. Any vegetable oil, refined, I use sunflower oil.

Step 2

Step 2
Sift the flour into a bowl, add salt to it. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Pour in a spoonful of vegetable oil. Start kneading the dough with a fork. When the flour is wet, start kneading with your hands. The dough without water is quite stiff, knead it for 3-4 minutes and leave to rest for 10 minutes in a bowl under a towel.

Step 3

Step 3
During this time, the dough will become much softer and more manageable. Continue kneading it further, placing it on the board. You may need a little less or more flour.

Step 4

Step 4
The dough turned out to be completely non-sticky, no need to add flour. Knead the dough for a long time until completely homogeneous and smooth. Then gather it into a ball and leave it to lie under a towel for another 10 minutes.

Step 5

Step 5
While the dough is resting, prepare the filling. Any hard cheese will do; spinach can be either fresh or frozen.

Step 6

Step 6
Wash the spinach in running water and drain in a colander. Melt butter in a frying pan over low heat. Place spinach in it. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 3-4 minutes, stirring a couple of times during this time.

Step 7

Step 7
Grate the cheese on a fine grater.

Step 8

Step 8
Squeeze the slightly cooled spinach, pressing with a spatula, and drain off the excess liquid. Chop the spinach on a board.

Step 9

Step 9
Place ricotta, grated cheese and chopped spinach in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste, keeping in mind that the cheese already contains salt. Mix the filling.

Step 10

Step 10
Cut a quarter of the dough and roll it out until very thin, try to make the shape almost rectangular. Roll out another quarter of the dough in the same way.

Step 11

Step 11
Place the filling in the form of balls on one part, placing them at a distance from the edges and from each other. Brush the dough around the filling with water to help it stick together.

Step 12

Step 12
Cover the layer with the filling with another piece of dough. Press the dough between the filling until it sticks together well.

Step 13

Step 13
Cut the ravioli with a regular or shaped knife. Place a pan with plenty of water on the stove and salt it. Once boiling, add the ravioli to the water. Cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, then remove to a plate with a slotted spoon.

Step 14

Step 14
While the water is boiling and the ravioli are cooking, prepare the sauce. Take one large tomato or several small ones.

Step 15

Step 15
Wash the tomato and remove the skin from the tomato. To do this, make cross-shaped cuts on it and pour boiling water for 1 minute. Then transfer the tomato to cold water. The temperature difference will remove the skin easily and quickly. Cut the pulp into small cubes.

Step 16

Step 16
Simmer the chopped tomato in vegetable oil until soft and smooth, then add salt, sugar, pepper and spices to taste to the sauce. I took Italian herbs. Adjust the amount of sugar depending on the acidity of the tomato. Stir. The sauce is ready.

Step 17

Step 17
Pour sauce over hot ravioli with ricotta cheese and herbs, sprinkle with grated cheese and serve. Bon appetit!

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