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Heart Shaped Mushroom Ravioli with Vodka Sauce

Heart Shaped Mushroom Ravioli with Vodka Sauce

The BBQ Buddha
Romantic dinner for two featuring Heart Shaped Mushroom Ravioli with Vodka Sauce.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Course Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • For the filling:
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup sliced shitake mushroom
  • ¼ cup sliced oyster mushroom
  • ½ cup sliced cremini mushroom
  • ½ cup sliced white button mushrooms
  • 2 garlic cloves sliced
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ cup beef broth
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup of coarsely chopped mixed mushrooms
  • For the dough:
  • 3 cups semolina flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ c water
  • For the Sauce:
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • ¼ cup vodka
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 4-6 Tbsp tomato based pasta sauce
  • Grated parmesan
  • Fresh basil

Instructions
 

  • For the filling:
  • Melt butter in pan; add olive oil to melted butter; sauté garlic
  • Add mushrooms and let them sweat until they release their juices.
  • Add salt, onion powder and garlic powder.
  • Add beef broth and let the mixture reduce.
  • Once reduced, remove from heat and let cool.
  • Blend cheeses in a food processor; add cooled mushroom mixture to cheese and blend together, adding more brother if the mixture is too thick. Stir in remaining ½ cup chopped mixed mushrooms.
  • For the Dough:
  • Sift flour and salt together. Place flour mixture on a board, making a well in the center of the flour.
  • Drop eggs into the flour well, using your hand or a fork, break the yolks and beat eggs slightly.
  • Combine the eggs and flour together, gradually adding enough warm water to make a stiff dough.
  • Knead dough well, until smooth; cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes.
  • Cut dough in half and roll (or use a pasts machine) each half of the dough into two very thing sheets
  • Drop about 1 – 1 ½ tsp of filling about 1 ½“ apart all along the dough.
  • When the sheet of dough if fully dotted with dabs of filling, cover filling with other sheet of dough.
  • Press dough between each dab of filling to seal it then cut ravioli with a pastry cutter or share knife.
  • Allow ravioli to dry 1 hour before cooking
  • Drop ravioli into boiling, salted water and cook for 10-15 min, or until dough is tender
  • For the Sauce:
  • Over medium heat, heat olive oil in large sauté pan.
  • Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
  • Carefully add the vodka, light the vodka then shake the pan until the vodka burns off and the fire goes out by itself.
  • Add the cream and simmer for 1 minute.
  • Stir in the tomato sauce and salt to taste. Once the sauce is heated through, toss with strained ravioli.
  • Garnish with parmesan cheese and basil.
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