Friday, January 28, 2011

Fettuccini & Ravioli



Ingredients:

  • Eggs 2+1 for egg wash
  • Flour Bakers                  300g
  • Salt                                1 pinch
  • Mushroom Button          100g
  • Oil olive                         1 tblsp
  • Olive's kalamata pitted   40g
  • Sage                              2 sprigs
  • Spinach baby                 100g
  • Basil                              2 sprigs
  • Butter                            30g
  • Cheese parmesan          50g
  • Cheese ricotta               100g


Method:

  1. Sieve flour and salt together.
  2. Make a well add 11/2-2 eggs ad olive oil.
  3. Gradually combine and work into a smooth dough.
  4. Rest dough for 15 min in the refrigerator then take out and roll out with a rolling pin.
  5. Laminate the dough by rolling out at largest space on the pasta machine.Roll out and fold again and again for 5 times.The dough should end up pale,very smooth,silky and firm to show that the flour has well absorbed into  the egg.
  6. Hang cut pasta sheets to dry or place flour/semolina between layers.
  7. Pasta can be dried or refrigerated and cooked within hours in boiling salted water.The pasta will grow from 1/3 to 1/2 the size again once boiled to al dente.
  8. Can be stored once cooked by refreshing immediately and coated with oil.

NB: additional ingredients can be used to make fillings for the ravioli.      





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