Ingredients
- For the pasta dough
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- 225g/8oz plain or ’00’ flour, plus extra for dusting
- 2 free-range
eggs - 2 free-range
egg yolks - 1 tbsp
olive oil - 2 pinches
salt
- For the filling
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- 200g/7oz baby
spinach, wilted in a pan and chopped - 150g/5½oz soft
goats’ cheese, crumbled - salt and freshly ground
black pepper - 1 free-range
egg, beaten
- 200g/7oz baby
- For the sauce
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- 100g/3½oz unsalted
butter - 1
shallot, finely chopped - 10
sage leaves, chopped - ½ clove
garlic, chopped - few sprigs
parsley, chopped - 4 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and finely chopped
- 100g/3½oz unsalted
Preparation method
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To prepare the pasta dough, place the flour, whole eggs, yolks, oil and salt in a large bowl and, using your hands, knead until you have a firm dough. Cover with clingfilm and place in the fridge for at least 5 hours.
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Place teaspoons of the spinach and goats’ cheese mixture on the dough roughly 4cm/1½ inches apart. Glaze in between each spoon of filling with the beaten egg, then place the second pasta sheet on top. Press along the edges of each spoon of filling with your fingers. Using a pastry wheel, cut into squares to create a ravioli shape.
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To cook, simply place the ravioli in boiling salted water for 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and keep warm.
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For the sauce, heat the butter in a frying pan, and when it starts to froth and turn golden brown, add the shallot, sage, garlic, parsley and tomatoes. Cook for a minute or two and serve at once with the cooked ravioli.