Garden Greens-Stuffed Ravioli #FoodieExtravaganza

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This month Karen of Karen's Kitchen Stories has us sharing ravioli recipes ahead of March 21st which is National Ravioli Day. Here's the line-up of the #FoodieExtravaganza ravioli recipes..

• Easy Ravioli Lasagna by Food Lust People Love

• Garden Greens-Stuffed Ravioli from Culinary Cam (you're here)

• Gluten Free Gnudi (Naked Ravioli) In Butter Garlic Sauce from Sneha's Recipe

• Homemade Spinach and Cheese Ravioli with Tomato Sauce from Karen's Kitchen Stories

• Seafood Ravioli from A Day in the Life on the Farm

• Toasted Ravioli from Palatable Pastime

Garden Greens-Stuffed Ravioli

This is actually a post that I had in my drafts folder for years. Literally years. My boys made these for me awhile back and I am thrilled to share their efforts for this event though I didn't take many glamor shots of the final dish because I was so busy stuffing my face.

Ingredients

Filling

• 2 cups chopped garden greens

• 1/2 small onion, minced (approximately 1/4 cup)

• 2 Tablespoons butter

• 1 cup ricotta cheese

• 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

• 1 egg yolk

• freshly ground salt

• freshly ground pepper

• freshly grated nutmeg (approximately 1/4 teaspoons)

Ravioli

• laminated dough (see this post)

• Also needed: flour, water in a spray bottle, ravioli cutter

Serving

• sauce

• herbs

• more parmesan cheese for grating

Procedure

Filling

Heat butter in a small skillet. Add onions and cook until translucent, approximately 5 minutes. Stir in the greens. Salt to taste and cook for another minute.

Transfer garden greens mixture to a medium mixing bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Adjust seasonings to preference. Set aside.

Ravioli

Roll the dough to a thinness of 5 or 6 on the pasta machine. They rolled it through at a 2, first, then moved to a 5 which worked well for our purposes.

Lay the dough on a floured surface or parchment paper.

Place a mound of filling on the dough and spray the entire surface with water. Lay another rolled dough over the top. Press out any extra air to create a seal around the filling.

Using a ravioli cutter, cut around the filling carefully. Place the finished ravioli on a floured parchment-lined cookie sheet. Repeat until all of the dough or all of the filling has been used.

To cook these: drop them into salted, boiling water. Cook for four to five minutes. Gently remove them from the pot and fold them into a sauce.

For this batch, I made a quick sauce with garlic, this cherry tomato sauce, and fresh basil. My ravioli makers were so proud. Here's a close-up of their creation!

That's a wrap for my ravioli offering. The group will be back next month, posting garlic recipes. Stay tuned!