Ravioletto
- 2 cups ' 00 ' flour, plus more for rolling and work surface
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 8 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 1 lb crescenza cheese
- 1 34 cups unsalted butter, cold
- 1 12 cups freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese or 1 12 cups parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 12 small sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1 cup fresh edible flower (optional)
- Mound flour in center of a large work surface, and make a well in the middle.
- Add salt and egg yolks.
- Using a fork, beat eggs; slowly incorporate flour, beginning with inner rim of well, adding 1/3 cup water, little by little, until dough is soft.
- When flour is incorporated, gather dough together to form a rounded mass.
- Begin kneading dough with the palms of your hands.
- Once dough comes together, scrape up any dried bits of dough; discard.
- Lightly flour work surface; knead dough until smooth and elastic.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Set the rollers of a hand-crank or electric pasta machine at their widest opening.
- Divide dough into 6 pieces.
- Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, being sure to keep remaining dough covered, flatten dough with the palms of your hands and run it once through the machine.
- Fold the dough in half, sprinkle with flour, and run through the machine again.
- Repeat this step about 6 times, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Now change the rollers of the pasta machine to the next decreasing setting, and roll out the dough once without folding.
- Keep rolling the sheet through the machine on decreasing settings, adding flour if necessary, until you have rolled it through the last (thinnest) setting.
- Place pasta sheet on work surface and let stand 5 minutes.
- Using a sharp knife or pastry wheel, cut pasta into four 5-by-5-inch squares.
- Transfer squares to a lightly floured work surface and set aside, covered, until ready to use.
- Repeat process with remaining pieces of dough.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Prepare an ice-water bath.
- Cut out twenty-four 7-by-7 1/2-inch rectangles out of parchment paper; butter parchment using 1/4 cup butter and set aside.
- Add pasta squares to boiling water and cook until al dente, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer pasta to ice-water bath to cool.
- Drain immediately and lay pasta squares flat on a dry cloth, taking care not to overlap.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut the crescenza cheese into twenty-four 2-by-2-by-1/4-inch pieces.
- Place one piece of cheese in the middle of each pasta square.
- Fold the bottom and top flaps of the pasta over the middle (like a letter), then fold the sides over the top and bottom flaps to enclose.
- Place each ravioletto, seam-side down, in the middle of a piece of buttered parchment.
- Fold long sides of parchment over the middle (like a letter), then fold the short sides over the long sides to enclose.
- Place parchment paper packet, seam-side down, on a baking sheet (at this point, ravioletto may be frozen for up to 1 month.
- Bake directly from freezer for 25 minutes and continue with step 10).
- Transfer baking sheet to oven and bake until edges of parchment are barely golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt remaining 1 1/2 cups butter over medium heat.
- Cook until nutty brown in color, 4 to 6 minutes, taking care not to burn.
- In a small skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and cook until crisp.
- Transfer garlic to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
- Place 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in the center of each of 12 warmed plates.
- Carefully remove ravioletto from parchment paper packets; arrange 2 ravioletto on each plate and sprinkle with another tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
- Garnish with garlic, rosemary, and flower petals, if using.
- Serve immediately.
flour, coarse salt, egg yolks, crescenza cheese, unsalted butter, cheese, olive oil, garlic, rosemary, edible flower
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ravioletto-363737 (may not work)