Easy Vegan Ravioli Recipe
(of course you can eat it if you're not vegan and you wont die....probably π)
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One of my absolute all time favorite things to eat is Ravioli, Pasta in general but there's something so comforting about ravioli in particular. When i started my journey as a vegan it was one of the things i missed the (shop bought) convenience of the most. Almost all store bought ravioli has cheese of some description in it. So i started making my own. It's honestly not the challenge that some people believe it to be either, the kneading is kind of a pain but other than that it's kind of a labor of love and the end product is just awesome and i'd love to show you so you can try for yourself! Oh, and before i get all the purists telling me that it's actually a tortellini in this recipe, i know.
What you will need
150g of 00 flour, Plus extra for kneading and dusting.
a pinch of Salt
1 teaspoon of Olive Oil
80ml of recently boiled water - still warm
A good handful of washed baby spinach if you want green pasta.
Some filling - I used a mix of Vegan Cream cheese the spinach I blitzed ( see below) and some lightly fried, finely diced onions and garlic but you can literally use whatever you want. My only advice would be that it should be not too lumpy and kind of "tooth pastey" consistency (i.e it should hold its shape if you were to pipe it or spoon it into your ravioli)
Method:
Combine the flour and Salt in a bowl.
Pour the boiling water over the spinach and allow it to wilt. Use a hand blender or food processor to blitz the spinach, Strain the spinach, keeping the water. Add the oil and the correct amount (80ml) of your beautiful, green water from the spinach. Mix with a fork until a dough starts to form. Knead on a lightly floured work surface until smooth. It will take about 10 minutes, don't be tempted to keep adding flour as this will make the dough to firm. wrap in plastic and rest for 45 minutes.
Roll out the pasta dough with a rolling pin or a pasta machine (i actually prefer the rolling pin but I'm old schoolπ )on a lightly floured surface until it is about 1-2 mm thickness. Start using a pastry cutter to cut out round shapes of pasta
Now for the filling...
Take one of the pasta rounds in your hand and put a small amount into the middle - dont be tempted to use too much otherwise it will scoosh out of the sides when you are shaping it.
Dab round the outside of the pasta with a little warm water and fold it over into a half moon shape. Pinch round the edges making sure your ravioli is well sealed. Any holes will either let filling escape or water inside and neither of those things will make for great pasta! take your time on the first few and you will soon be smashing them out!
The last bit is kind of tricky but is actually optional. You could quite happily cook your ravioli as is and it would be perfectly delicious and this is also where, if you want to get technical about it (which i don't π), it becomes a tortellini.
Take your pasta half moon and bend it round whichever finger you find easiest. Make sure your finger is, dry and clean and dusted with a little flour. Now pinch the tips together with another dab of water to make the tortellini shape.
Do this with all of your remaining pasta and the drop into boiled water. You can add some bouillon or vegetable stock (as seen in the photo) or just some salt to the water. It will take about 3 minutes to cook. When you drop the pasta into the water it should drop to the bottom of the water and rise to the surface when cooked (if it's taking longer than 3 minutes or so check it's not stuck to the bottom of the pan)
Garnish and serve with whatever vegetables, sauces or anything else that takes your fancy.
Enjoy!
Hope you all enjoy!
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See you all soon!
MH
This looks amazingly delicious - what a great vegan treat. I bet it tasts as good as it looks yumyumyum
ehy dear @mealhound, beautiful recipe! I also love pasta, I'm not a vegan, so it's much easier for me, but you made it very easy! and your dish looks so delicious !! here is dinner time so I think I could try your recipe right now !!
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Thanks so much! I hope you enjoyed it if you tried it!
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STOPYour ravioli look delicious! I have also started to make my own ravioli since I went vegan as there were simply no vegan ravioli available. And it's indeed not difficult at all.
I hope you've inspired some other people here to give it a go and see how delicious they are :)
Thank you for sharing your recipe! Cheers!
Hi @delishtreats, thanks for your comment. You can buy some 'free from' ravioli here but they are not as good as homemade. Very little is better than homemade to be honest π
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WHat a delicious recipe. I love pasta, whethe vegan or not. If it is going to be healthier, then I guess I'd love it even more.
@hlezama thanks. It's so rewarding making ravioli and very versatile. You can stuff them with whatever is in season or local. Thanks for the upvote! π
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Looks yummy from the photos itself, and nice to see its recipe here. I think it is one of the easy snack that we can make a try in our homes in the evening. I think there is some local snacks with the same preparation method but it seems the preparation is with boiling oil. Any how good to see this in the steem so that people across the boundaries would get a taste of the special dishes.
Thanks for your comment. It is actually just seasoned water it is boiled in. It really is delicious