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    Tomato-Red Ravioli with Ricotta, Smoked Salmon & Lemon Asparagus

    Tomato-Red Ravioli with Ricotta, Smoked Salmon & Lemon Asparagus

    Print Recipe
    Prep Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
    Course: First Course, Main Course, Pasta
    Cuisine: Italian
    Keyword: pasta, ravioli
    Servings: 6

    Ingredients 
    Metric - U.S. Customary

    For the dough

    • 400 g “00” or all purpose flour
    • 3 eggs 50 g per egg
    • 150 g double-concentrated tomato paste

    For the filling

    • 200 g Smoked salmon
    • 300 g fresh ricotta cheese sheep’s ricotta is preferable, drained
    • 40 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese

    For the sauce

    • 250 g asparagus halved or quartered lengthwise
    • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
    • Zest of one lemon + 2 tablespoons juice
    • 30 g butter
    • 15 to 20 walnut halves toasted
    • 2 tablespoons minced parsley
    • 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

    Instructions

    Make the ravioli dough

    • On a work surface – wood or marble - make a well in the flour and add the eggs and tomato concentrate.
    • Gradually whisk the eggs and tomato concentrate into the flour.
    • Knead the dough for five minutes until it's smooth and elastic.
    • If the dough is too moist and sticky sprinkle in a bit of additional flour.
    • Cover the dough ball tightly with plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes or more.

    Make the filling

    • While the dough is resting prepare the filling.
    • Cut the the smoked salmon into tiny cubes, about ½ centimeter or ¼ inch.
    • Put the salmon in a mixing bowl and add the drained ricotta and grated Parmesan cheese.
    • Mix until fully blended, salt to taste and set aside.

    Make the ravioli sauce

    • Optional: gently toast the walnut halves in a saucepan just until golden.
    • Remove and set aside.
    • Break off the tough root ends of the asparagus and set aside for future use in a soup.
    • Cut off the asparagus tips, about 5-6 cm long pieces.
    • Cut the rest of the asparagus in half. You should have pieces that are about 5 to 6 cm (2 to 2 ⅓ inches) long.
    • Cut the asparagus pieces in half lengthwise (or in quarters depending on the thickness of the asparagus).
    • Cook the asparagus in a saucepan with a small amount of lightly salted boiling water + 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil just until the asparagus are tender-crisp.
    • Use only enough water to cover the asparagus about halfway.
    • It should take no more than 3 to 5 minutes to cook.
    • Drain the asparagus and set aside, but reserve the asparagus cooking water.
    • Add the butter, lemon juice & lemon zest, the asparagus, and the freshly grated Parmesan cheese to the saucepan and cook on high for just 30 seconds.
    • You should have a thick, creamy sauce.
    • If necessary add some of the asparagus cooking water by the tablespoonful to the sauce but only if it's too dry.
    • Remove the asparagus tips from the sauce to set atop the ravioli when you serve.

    Make the ravioli

    • Roll out the dough by hand or with a pasta machine until it's very thin.
    • The dough should be translucent.
    • Put about a teaspoon of filling along the pasta strips, spacing it about 3-4 cm or 1 ½ inches apart.
    • Cover with a second layer or strip of pasta and use your fingertips to gently seal the two strips of pasta together making sure to squeeze out any air bubbles.
    • Cut the ravioli by hand using a very thin sharp knife, or use a ravioli pasta tool to cut the individual ravioli.

    Cook and serve the ravioli

    • Cook the ravioli in boiling salted water (the water should taste like the sea) until they are al dente, about 2 to 3 minutes.
    • The ravioli are very delicate so use a spider or a hand-held strainer to scoop them out of the pasta water.
    • Reserve the pasta cooking water.
    • Add immediately to the saucepan with the lemon-asparagus sauce and the freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
    • Gently toss to coat the ravioli with the sauce.
    • If need be add pasta cooking water to the sauce by the tablespoonful - just enough so that the sauce is creamy.
    • Place the ravioli in a serving bowl, or individual serving bowls.
    • Sprinkle with the minced parsley, freshly grated Parmesan cheese and top with the (optional) toasted walnut halves.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 80g | Calories: 577kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 701mg | Potassium: 613mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1374IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 260mg | Iron: 6mg
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