Ravioli can be called the Italian analogue of dumplings in Russian cuisine and dumplings in Ukrainian. They are prepared from unleavened dough with various fillings (from meat, poultry, cheese, vegetables, etc.). Ravioli with spinach are considered one of the most delicious. The dish is juicy, light and is especially popular among Italians. In our article, we will present several recipes of ravioli stuffed with spinach stuffed with cheese (cottage cheese) and cream sauce.
Cooking recommendations
The following tips will help make ravioli with spinach perfect:
- If during the preparation of the dough it turns out to be too dry, it is enough to wet your hands with cold water, and then continue the kneading process.
- To prevent the filling from leaking out during cooking, it is recommended to grease the dough around it with protein using a cooking brush.
- The blinded edge of the ravioli must be at least 1 cm. To make it curly, use a special knife or an ordinary table fork.
Two test options
Traditionally, ravioli dough is made from flour, eggs and salt. Neither water nor milk is added to it. Knead the dough hard and long (at least 15 minutes). But the result is amazing. Finished products do not boil and do not fall apart in boiling water, while maintaining excellent taste and shape.
We offer 2 options for making dough for ravioli with spinach:
- Sift 200 g of flour into a deep bowl. In the center, make a deepening and break 2 eggs into it. Add a pinch of salt. Connect the ingredients with your hands, and then put the resulting mass on the table. Knead the dough. At first it will crumble, but after 3 minutes the mass will become more docile and elastic. After about 15 minutes of kneading, the dough will be uniform and smooth. Now you need to put it on a plate and tighten with cling film, and after 30 minutes you can proceed to rolling. To do this, it should be divided into several parts. Roll each of them thinly with a rolling pin to a thickness of 2 mm, after which lay out the filling and form the product.
- The second test option is offered by Jamie Oliver. For it, you need 250 g of flour, 1 egg and 4 yolks. All the ingredients are loaded into the blender bowl and literally within a minute turn into moist crumbs that spill out onto the table and join hands in a bun. Then the dough is wrapped in plastic wrap and sent to the refrigerator for 30 minutes or until the filling is ready.
Ravioli Recipe with Spinach and Ricotta Cheese
For this dish, you should prepare a dough according to the recipe from Jamie Oliver. It turns out to be resilient, supple and tasty. It can also be used to make pasta.
A step-by-step recipe for ravioli with spinach and ricotta cheese is as follows:
- Knead the dough from flour, eggs and yolks. In the meantime, it is resting in the refrigerator, it's time to do the filling.
- Wash, dry and chop the spinach leaves (300 g).
- Pour a little vegetable oil (2 tbsp.) Into the pan and put 30 g butter. Strain the spinach in this mixture for 5 minutes, until it decreases in volume.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it thinly on a flour dusted surface.
- In a deep bowl, mix the cooled spinach, ricotta (300 g), nutmeg (½ teaspoon), salt and 4 protein whipped with a fork, remaining after kneading the dough.
- On a rolled rectangle of dough, at equal intervals, lay out a tablespoon of the filling. Lubricate the remaining edges of the dough with water. Put exactly the same rectangle on top. Press the edges with your hands, then cut the ravioli into squares.
- Boil in salted water. Once the ravioli pops up, they can be laid out on a plate. When serving, sprinkle the dish with grated Parmesan.
According to reviews, ravioli are so delicious that even meat-eaters will like it. Nobody will definitely refuse from the supplement.
Ravioli in a creamy sauce
This gourmet dish is prepared very simply:
- Knead the dough and leave it on the table for half an hour.
- At this time, prepare the filling. Bring the spinach to a soft place in a pan with vegetable oil (1 tbsp. L.) And cool.
- Combine spinach, goat cheese (60 g) and parmesan (1/3 tbsp.) In a deep bowl. Add salt, ground pepper and nutmeg to taste.
- Roll out the dough into a layer, divide into 2 parts, distribute the filling and make ravioli. Boil them in salted water.
- Make ravioli sauce with spinach. To do this, fry the champignons (150 g) with chopped onions and garlic (4 slices). When the liquid evaporates, pour in the cream (1 tbsp.) And white wine (2 tbsp. L.). Cook the sauce for 5 minutes, not forgetting to salt and pepper it.
Ravioli with cottage cheese and spinach
In Italy, this dish is traditionally prepared with ricotta cheese. But since in Russia it is far from sold in every supermarket, you can cook ravioli with spinach in a creamy sauce stuffed with cottage cheese. It will turn out no less tasty and refined dish.
The sequence of preparation of ravioli is as follows:
- Knead the dough from flour, two eggs and a pinch of salt (according to the first recipe). Leave it on the table under the film for 30 minutes.
- Mash dry homemade cottage cheese (100 g) with a fork or grind through a sieve.
- Melt butter (40 g) in a pan and put clean and dried spinach in it. Darken for several minutes until the leaves are soft. Cool.
- Mix spinach with cottage cheese, adding a pinch of salt.
- Roll out the dough using a rolling pin or a dough sheeter, after which divide the thin layer into 2 parts.
- On one of them put a teaspoon of the filling. Grease the dough around it with protein. Top with a second layer. Press the area greased with protein tightly with your hands. Use a cookie cutter to cut ravioli of round or square shape.
- Cook ravioli to al dente.
- Melt 40 g butter again in a pan, then add a few spinach leaves, cream (70 ml), salt, pepper. Bring the sauce to the required consistency and serve with pre-cooked items.
Shrimp and Spinach Ravioli
The next dish has an interesting taste due to the addition of seafood to the filling. And directly the recipe for making ravioli with spinach consists of just a few steps:
- Shrimp (200 g), if necessary, thaw and peel.
- Grind shrimp and spinach (200 g). Combine the ingredients with ricotta (300 g). Add the zest of 1 lemon and salt to taste.
- On a rolled dough sheet, put a teaspoon of filling in the form of balls every 5 cm. Form the products and send them to the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Boil ravioli in water with salt and butter (30 g). When serving, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese.
Original Spinach Ravioli with Filling
This healthy dish looks so appetizing that even children will not refuse to taste it. But to make such a dough is not difficult at all:
- Dip 200 g of spinach leaves in a pot of boiling water, and after 2 minutes, throw them in a colander.
- Grind the cooled spinach in a blender, then add 3 eggs and beat the resulting mixture again.
- In a bowl with flour (350-400 g) pour the spinach dressing, add a little salt and knead the dough.
- Prepare a filling of 150 g of spinach, ricotta (200 g) stewed in olive oil, grated hard cheese (80 g) and garlic (1 clove). Put the filling on the rolled dough.
According to this recipe, ravioli with spinach are boiled for about two minutes after boiling water. They turn out very tasty and beautiful, while in their composition there is not a gram of dye.