Creamy Seafood Ravioli
From zen2
Contents
Pasta
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbs. olive oil
- 1 egg yolk, extra
Filling
- 100 g scallop finely chopped
- 50 g butter,softened
- 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 2 tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 100 g raw prawn meat, finely chopped
Sauce
- 60 g butter
- 1/4 c flour
- 1 1/2 c milk
- 300 ml cream
- 1/2 c white wine
- 50 g parmesan cheese grated
- 2 tbs chopped fresh flat-leaf Parsley
Directions
- Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl and make a well.
- Whisk the eggs, oil and 1 tbs. water in a jug, add gradually to the flour and mix to a firm dough.
- Gather into a ball. (This can also done in food processor.)
- Knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 mints., or untill smooth and elastic.
- Place in lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside for at least 30 mints.
- For the filling, Stir together the butter, garlic, parsley,scallops and prawn meat in a bowl, set aside
- Roll out a quarter of the pasta dough at a time on lightly floured srface, or use a pasta machine, until very thin (each portion should be roughly 10 cm/4 inches wide when rolled.)
- Place 1 tsp. of filling at 5 cm(2 inch) intervals down one side of each strip.
- Whisk the extra egg yolk with 3 tbs. of water.
- Brush along one side of the dough and between the filling.
- Repeat with the remaining filling and dough.
- Press the edges together firmly to seal.
- Cut between the moulds with the knife or fluted pastry cutter.
- Cook batches in a large pan of rapidlyboiling water for 6 mints.
- Drain well and return to the pan to keep warm.
- For the sauce, melt the butter in a pan over low heat.
- Stir in the flour and cook for 1 mint. or until pale and foaming.
- Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the combined milk,cream, and white wine.
- Return to the heat and stir constantly until the sauce boils and thickens.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 2 mints.
- Add the parmesan and chopped parsley and stir
- Season to taste.
- Remove from the heat, add to the ravioli in the pan and toss gently to coat.
