Australian Women's Weekly
Ingredients
Ravioli
Pumpkin cheese filing
Sage butter
Method
1.To make pumpkin cheese filling, preheat the oven to moderately hot (200°C/180°C fan-forced). Place pumpkin on a lightly oiled tray; roast for about 30 minutes or until tender. Cool. Process pumpkin until smooth; add remaining ingredients, process until smooth.
2.Roll dough to the thinnest setting on a pasta machine. As soon as the dough is rolled into sheets, prepare the ravioli – don’t allow the pasta to dry out. Roll two sheets at a time and keep the remaining dough wrapped in plastic. Place the pasta sheet on a semolina-dusted surface.
3.Place rounded teaspoons of pumpkin cheese filling about 5cm apart in 2 rows, 2cm from the edges. Brush around the filling with a little water. Place another freshly rolled pasta sheet on top.
4.Press around each piece of filling to exclude the air. Cut into squares or rounds using a knife or cutter. Place ravioli on a tray dusted with a little semolina. Repeat with remaining pasta sheets, filling and water
5.Add ravioli, in batches, to a large pan of boiling salted water; simmer, uncovered, until pasta is just tender. After about 3 minutes; remove from pan with a slotted spoon.
6.Meanwhile, to make the sage butter, melt the butter in a frying pan; add garlic and sage leaves, heat until butter is just beginning to colour.
7.Serve ravioli with sage butter and parmesan flakes, if desired.
As ravioli is time-consuming to prepare, you might like to make this large batch and freeze half for another meal. Or, halve the recipe, if you prefer. Open-freeze the ravioli on trays in a single layer until solid, then pack into airtight containers or freezer bags.
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