Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli in Creamy Pesto Sauce

Recipe's preparation

Ricotta

Place milk into mixing bowl and heat 10min/80°C/speed2 MC on. Add vinegar and heat 1min/90°C/speed1 MC on. Leave to sit in mixing bowl for 1min. The milk will separate in to curds and whey.
Set simmering basket over a large bowl and line with 1 layer of paper towel or a nut milk bag. Carefully pour ricotta mixture into lined basket. Leave to drain for 10mins, making sure basket doesnt sit in the drained liquids. Once drained, its ready to use, or refrigerate for later use.

Pasta Dough





Place flour, eggs and oil into bowl and knead 3min/"Dough mode" . Transfer dough onto ThermoMat and gently roll into ball. Wrap dough in mat or gladwrap and sit for 15mins.
Then, roll out a portion at a time with a rolling pin, or use a pasta machine to roll thin sheets of pasta. Place under a mat, or damp cloth, to prevent it from drying out. Make filling below, and then come back to this step.

Roll out a flat piece of pasta dough and place on the mat or floured bench. Dollop a tsp of ravioli filling mixture (or tbsp if you want bigger ravioli) leaving a gap of 5cm between each dollop. Once you have a couple rows of filling dolloped, place another sheet of the pasta dough over the dolloped area so that they're between two layers. Gently press between each dollop so that the dough closes it in. Using a ravioli stamp, or a blunt knife, cut each ravioli square. If no stamp, using a fork, press around the edges of the ravioli to keep the dough closed so the filling doesnt fall out. Use a little bit of water to seal the edges if needed.

Start making the sauce below, and when it has 10mins left of cooking time, start this next step.

Using a large saucepan, bring water to the boil. Once boiling, insert each ravioli individually, but a lot at a time. Once it floats, its cooked, usually only a few mins. Once cooked, sit in your Thermoserver to keep hot. Repeat any leftover ravioli. Once all ravioli is cooked, and all in Thermoserver or large bowl, pour cooked sauce over the top and gently stir through. The oval serer or a large bowl works best so ravioli doenst get squashed. Serve with Pine nuts, parsley or shallots.

Ravioli Filling

Add garlic to bowl and chop 3secs/speed7 MC on. Scrape down sides of bowl and repeat. Add ricotta, eggs, baby spinach, salt and pepper and mix 10secs/speed2 MC on. Scrape down sides and repeat if needed. Sit aside or refrigerate for later use.

Creamy Pesto Sauce

Add garlic to bowl and chop 5secs/speed7 MC on. Scrape down sides of bowl and repeat. Add all other ingreidents except sundried tomato strips. Cook 20mins/100°C/speed1 MC off. Add tomatoes, cook 5mins/100°C/speed1 MC off.