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Ricotta Ravioli with Chanterelles and Black Truffle

Use thick ricotta for the filling. If yours looks wet, drain it overnight before you start, otherwise the first raviolo may split in the pot.

Fresh black truffle is expensive and seasonal. Use it when you find it. A small amount of good truffle butter gives the sauce the right direction the rest of the year.

Total
about 1 hour 50 minutes with thick ricotta; drain wet ricotta overnight first
Serves
4
Ricotta ravioli with chanterelle mushrooms, tomato sauce, basil, and black truffle

Recipe

Ricotta Ravioli with Chanterelles and Black Truffle

Prep
50 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Rest
30 minutes
Total
about 1 hour 50 minutes with thick ricotta; drain wet ricotta overnight first
Serves
4

Ingredients

Pasta dough

Ricotta filling

Sauce and mushrooms

Instructions

  1. 1

    Make the pasta dough

    Put the flour on a work surface and make a well in the center. Add the eggs, yolk, olive oil, and salt. Beat the eggs with a fork, pulling in flour a little at a time. Knead for 8 to 10 minutes, until smooth. Wrap and rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Make the filling

    Mix the drained ricotta, Parmesan, egg yolk, lemon zest, basil, nutmeg, salt, and black pepper. The mixture needs to hold a mound on a spoon. Refrigerate while you roll the pasta.

  3. 3

    Roll the pasta

    Divide the dough into four pieces. Keep three covered. Flatten one piece and pass it through a pasta machine, narrowing the rollers one setting at a time, until the sheet is thin enough to see your hand through it.

  4. 4

    Fill the ravioli

    Lay the pasta sheet on a lightly floured surface. Place rounded teaspoons of filling 2 inches apart along one half. Brush around the filling with water, fold over the other half, and press out the air. Cut into large squares and seal the edges firmly. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.

  5. 5

    Warm the tomato sauce

    Cook the passata with 1 tablespoon olive oil and a pinch of salt in a wide skillet for 8 to 10 minutes. Keep it warm over low heat.

  6. 6

    Brown the chanterelles

    Heat the remaining tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in another skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chanterelles in one layer. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, turning once. Add the shallot and cook for 1 minute.

  7. 7

    Make the butter sauce

    Pour the wine into the mushroom pan and reduce for 1 minute. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons butter and the lemon juice. Swirl the pan until the butter melts. Stir in the truffle butter, if using, after the pan comes off the heat.

  8. 8

    Cook the ravioli

    Bring a wide pot of salted water to a gentle boil. Cook the ravioli in batches for 3 to 4 minutes, until the pasta is tender and the filling is hot. Lift them out with a spider or slotted spoon.

  9. 9

    Plate

    Spoon tomato sauce onto warm plates. Add the ravioli, chanterelles, and brown butter. Finish with basil, Parmesan, and shaved fresh truffle if using.

Estimated nutrition

Per serving (1 of 4)

Calories
745 kcal
Protein
29.2 g
Carbs
61.7 g
Fat
41.3 g

Calculated from the listed amounts. Optional or unmeasured additions are excluded; brands, substitutions, and cooking losses can change the result.

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Cook’s notes

  • Freeze uncooked ravioli in one layer on a floured tray, then transfer them to a freezer bag. Boil from frozen and add 1 to 2 minutes to the cooking time.
  • Use cremini mushrooms when chanterelles are unavailable. Brown them in two batches so they do not steam.