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Ravioli Dough And Choice Of 4 Fillings

Posted in reply to a message board request. This is the family recipe for homemade ravioli. I have included 4 filling variations along with the ravioli dough recipe. Please note that this dough was made by hand and not with a pasta machine. Feel free to use the fillings with your own favorite pasta dough recipe (hand or machine). Prep time includes 1 hour drying time.

Steps

Making the filling: ricotta filling#1: in a large bowl , blend all filling ingredients together until smooth , set aside filling until needed.
Ricotta filling#2: in a large bowl , blend all filling ingredients together until smooth , set aside filling until needed.
Beef and spinach filling: brown beef and veal in butter with the whole clove of garlic.
Remove garlic and let meat mixture cool.
Mix spinach , parsley , eggs , cheese and nutmeg into cooled meat until well blended , set aside filling until needed.
Sausage filling: brown sausage in frying pan , drain fat and allow sausage to cool.
When sausage has cooled , mix in eggs and cheese , set aside filling until needed.
Making the ravioli dough: sift flour and salt together.
Place flour mixture on a board , making a well in the center of the flour.
Drop eggs into the flour well , using your hand or a fork , break the yolks and beat eggs slightly.
Combine the eggs and flour together , gradually adding enough warm water to .

Ingredients

unbleached white flour, salt, eggs, water, ricotta cheese, romano cheese, mortadella, nutmeg, salt and pepper, flat leaf parsley, cinnamon, lean ground beef, ground veal, butter, garlic, spinach, sweet italian sausage link