Ravioli Di Ricotta E Asparagi Con Salsa Di Piselli
- 1 cup green peas
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon green onion, chopped
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 1 lb asparagus, slender
- 34 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 teaspoon of fresh mint, minced
- 1 large egg
- 2 34 cups flour
- 4 large eggs
- Bring first 4 ingredients to boil in small saucepan.
- Cook uncovered until peas are just tender, about 3 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Transfer mixture to blender; puree until smooth (sauce will be thin).
- Season with salt and pepper.
- DO AHEAD Can be prepared 6 hours ahead.
- Cover and chill.
- Rewarm before using.
- Cut top 3 inches off asparagus; cut into 1/2-inch lengths.
- Cook in saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Drain; place in bowl of ice water.
- Drain; pat dry.
- Mix cheese and mint in medium bowl.
- Stir in asparagus.
- Season with salt and pepper; mix in egg.
- Place flour in processor.
- Add eggs.
- Using on/off turns, blend until clumps of moist dough form (do not process into ball).
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface; shape into ball.
- Knead until smooth, sprinkling lightly with flour if sticking, about 3 minutes.
- Wrap in plastic.
- Let rest at room temperature at least 20 minutes and up to 2 hours.
- Cut dough into 8 equal pieces.
- Cover 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 settings after every 2 passes and dusting with flour as needed to keep from sticking, until pasta sheet is 22 inches long (scant 1/16 inch thick).
- Place sheet on lightly floured work surface; cover with plastic.
- Repeat with remaining pasta pieces.
- Starting 1 inch from 1 short side of 1 pasta sheet, drop ricotta filling by rounded teaspoonfuls down center of sheet, spacing mounds 2 inches apart.
- Brush pasta edges and between mounds of filling lightly with water.
- Cover with second pasta sheet, pressing down around filling to eliminate air pockets and to seal.
- Using fluted pastry wheel, cut pasta between filling, trimming sides to form 2- to 2 1/4-inch ravioli.
- Repeat with more pasta and remaining filling, making about 36.
- (Reserve remaining pasta for another use, cutting into shapes and drying on floured work surface.)
- Place ravioli on floured baking sheet; let dry 30 minutes.
- DO AHEAD Can be made 6 hours ahead.
- Cover; chill.
- Working in 2 batches, cook ravioli in very large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, stirring gently, about 3 minutes.
- Drain ravioli.
- Divide hot pea sauce among 6 plates.
- Top with ravioli.
- Drizzle with olive oil and serve.
green peas, water, green onion, salt, milk ricotta cheese, mint, egg, flour, eggs
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ravioli-di-ricotta-e-asparagi-con-salsa-di-piselli-448620 (may not work)