Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
Creamy, savory, comforting and delicious. The bright, fall flavors of the butternut squash blend gorgeously with rich ricotta cheese, salty/sharp parmesan and dusty green fresh sage leaves to fill sheets and sheets of freshly made pasta. If you're feeling ambitious and would like a fun, savory fall project; consider making this delicious butternut squash ravioli.This is the kind of dish you make when you want to spend time in a warm, cozy kitchen with some loved ones. This recipe makes 2 dozen butternut squash ravioli and a delicious garlic/butter/sage sauce.
Creamy, savory, comforting and delicious. The bright, fall flavors of the butternut squash blend gorgeously with rich ricotta cheese, salty/sharp parmesan and dusty green fresh sage leaves to fill sheets and sheets of freshly made pasta. If you’re feeling ambitious and would like a fun, savory fall project; consider making this delicious butternut squash ravioli.
This is the kind of dish you make when you want to spend time in a warm, cozy kitchen with some loved ones. This recipe makes 2 dozen butternut squash ravioli and a delicious garlic/butter/sage sauce.
Ingredients at-a-glance for 2 dozen ravioli:
- Butternut squash, about 4 cups peeled and cubed.
- 3 Eggs
- 1 – 2 cups “00” flour – or all purpose flour, although 00 flour is best for pasta-making.
- salt
- white pepper
- 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
- 6-8 cloves garlic
- 1/2 to 1 cup butter
- 20 (or so) fresh sage leaves
Instructions at-a-glance:
This is more of a project than a recipe. Expect this will take a couple hours to make. Please watch the video for verbal instructions and a demonstration.
- Start by roasting 4 cups of peeled and cubed butternut squash with a little olive oil, salt and pepper – at 400°F for about 20 minutes.
- Make pasta dough by mixing 00 flour with eggs. I use my KitchenAid Mixer with the dough hook attachment to mix the pasta dough.
- Once the dough is formed, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let rest for about thirty minutes.
- Assemble the ravioli filling by pureeing the roasted squash with ricotta cheese, grated parmesan, fresh sage, salt and pepper.
- Roll out the pasta dough into long sheets, dab the filling along each sheet. Fold dough over filling and press into ravioli.
- Make a sauce of butter, garlic and fresh sage leaves.
- Boil the pasta and toss with the sauce.
- Serve with plenty of parmesan cheese.
- My Crackling-Topped Pork Roast makes a great meat to serve with these ravioli. Link here: https://theflyingkitchen.com/crackling-topped-pork-roast-with-fennel-and-leeks/
Helpful Tips at-a-glance:
- The filling for the ravioli can be made ahead of time. Store, covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Making homemade pasta is easy, but you’ll need to trust the process. If your dough is too sticky to handle, dust with more flour. If your dough is too crumbly, add more egg or even a drop or two of water.
- For best results in boiling all types of pasta, add plenty of salt to the water. “Salty like the sea” – as the saying goes.
- Boil the ravioli in small batches. Lift out with a slotted spoon instead of dumping them in a strainer.
- Extra pasta dough can be rolled and cut into pappardelle style noodles and frozen in bags.
- Fully assembled ravioli can be frozen for months at a time. Freeze them uncooked, flat on a baking sheet. When they are frozen solid, place in a freezer bag for long term storage. Simply plop the ravioli in boiling water to cook.
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Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
Creamy, savory, comforting and delicious. The bright, fall flavors of the butternut squash blend gorgeously with rich ricotta cheese, salty/sharp parmesan and dusty green fresh sage leaves to fill sheets and sheets of freshly made pasta. If you're feeling ambitious and would like a fun, savory fall project; consider making this delicious butternut squash ravioli.This is the kind of dish you make when you want to spend time in a warm, cozy kitchen with some loved ones. This recipe makes 2 dozen butternut squash ravioli and a delicious garlic/butter/sage sauce.
Equipment
- KitchenAid Mixer with Pasta Rolling Attachment
- food processor
Ingredients
The Butternut Squash Filling
- 4 cups butternut squash
- pinches salt to roast the squash
- pinches white pepper to roast the squash
- 2 Tbs olive oil to roast the squash
- 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan
- 10 leaves fresh sage thinly sliced
The Fresh Pasta
- 2 cups 00 Flour – or all purpose you may need more flour or another egg to get the right consistency
- additional flour for dusting
The Sauce
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4-8 cloves garlic peeled and roughly chopped
- 8-10 fresh sage leaves thinly sliced
Instructions
Roasting the Butternut Squash
- Preheat oven to 400°F. On a half-sheet pan arrange 4 cups of peeled, chopped butternut squash. Drizzle with about 2 Tbs olive oil and sprinkle with a few pinches of salt and white pepper. Roast for about 20 minutes, so it's cooked through but not browned.
Mixing the Pasta Dough:
- In the bowl of a mixer, combine about 1 3/4 cup flour (00 is preferable, although all-purpose will work as well) and 3 eggs. Using the dough hook attachment, mix into a dough, adding more flour as needed to make a smooth, somewhat stiff dough. If your dough is too dry, add another egg.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface for a minute or so. Wrap baseball-sized balls of dough in plastic wrap. Set on counter to rest for about 20 minutes. If you are going to wait several hours before rolling your dough, store the dough in the refrigerator. If you're going to wait more than a day to roll the dough, store it in your freezer and bring to room temperature before you proceed with the rolling.
Making the Ravioli Filling:
- In a food processor, combine roasted and cooled butternut squash cubes, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, sliced fresh sage leaves. Puree. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Rolling Out the Pasta Sheets:
- Unwrap one ball of pasta dough and roll it out to about eight inches long on a floured surface with a rolling pin. If the dough is sticky, knead with a little more flour. Roll one piece of dough through the pasta roller attachment of your mixer, set to 1 – which is the widest setting. Fold the dough sheet in half or in thirds before each rolling. Roll through the number 1 setting 5 or 6 times. It will be ready to flatten into longer sheets when it is smooth and satiny to the touch.
- Gradually, roll the sheet of pasta thinner and thinner, turning the dial one setting each time you roll the pasta through. I've found that the number seven setting is the proper thinness for ravioli. Please see video for demonstration.
- I recommend rolling and filling each sheet of pasta one-at-a-time, as your pasta sheets will dry out quickly once you roll them.
Assembling the Ravioli
- Dust your work surface. Lay your pasta sheet across your work surface. If your work surface is small, cut the pasta sheet to fit and make rows. Dab about a teaspoon full of ravioli filling every 2 1/2 inches, just below the center line of your pasta sheet. Using your finger, dab water on the pasta sheet between each ball of filling. Draw a long line of water along the base of the pasta sheet. The water will act like glue. Pull the top of the pasta sheet down, over the ravioli filling and to the base of the pasta sheet. Using your fingers, press the pasta sheets over the lines of water that you just drew. Press well to seal. Using a paring knife or pastry roller, slice on the seams to create square ravioli. Using your fingers, give each ravioli a good press around its perimeter to seal the edges.
Making the Sauce:
- In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the chopped garlic and thinly sliced sage leaves. Simmer on low – do not let the garlic or butter brown. Simmer on low until garlic has softened. Keep the sauce warm on the stove while your ravioli in a pot.
Boiling and Saucing the Ravioli:
- Bring a pot of water to boil. Add salt to the water. I add a hefty pinch of rock salt. Boil the ravioli in small batches – 8-12 ravioli at a time. When the ravioli start to float, let them simmer for an additional 2-3 minutes. Lift the ravioli out of the boiling water with a slotted spoon and put directly in the warm sauce. Spoon about 1/4 cup pasta water out of the boiling pot and transfer to the saucepan. Move the ravioli in the sauce, activating the creaminess of the gluten. Move and slosh the ravioli in the sauce for about 4 minutes. Transfer the sauced ravioli onto a serving plate or platter. Repeat for the rest of the ravioli.
- Serve ravioli with plenty of additional grated parmesan cheese and sliced fresh sage leaves.
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