Onion River Ravioli
Team: Onion River Five and Co.
Host School: Winooski School District
Age Group: Middle School
Ingredients
Pasta Dough from Misery Loves Company (Local ingredient)
King Arthur Flour (for dusting as needed)
Ravioli Filling:
- 16 oz drained white beans
- 2 medium onion
- 2 medium carrot
- 8 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vadouvan
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pimento
- 1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 3 lemons juiced
Cauliflower Sauce:
- 600g cauliflower florets
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoon curry
- 1 cup blanching water
Sunflower Gremolata
- ½ cup toasted sunflower seeds
- 20g parsley minced
- 20g mint minced
- zest of one lemon
Preparation Instructions
Ravioli Filling
- Grate carrot on box grater.
- Finely dice onion.
- Sweat onion and carrot in 2 tablespoons olive oil until very tender, stirring often. Add more olive oil as needed.
- Place drained beans, cooked vegetables and remaining olive oil in food processer or blender. Pulse or blend until very smooth, use a spatula as needed to scrape the sides of the blender.
- Mix together salt, spices, and lemon juice. Add spice mixture to bean and vegetable mix, scraping down the sides as necessary.
- Transfer to piping bag.
Ravioli:
- Roll out pasta dough using a pasta roller until its transparent (you can see your hand through the pasta sheet).
- Place one strip of dough over the frame.
- Press dough into frame with the indented tray.
- Fill pouches with about 1 TBPS of pasta filling.
- Place a second strip of pasta dough over strip with filling and press strips together with your fingers.
- Seal by running a rolling pin over the top of the dough covered frame, gently at first and then increase pressure until the zig-zag edges of the frame are visible through the pasta.
- Remove ravioli from the frame by tapping on the counter. *** Directions from Norpro Ravioli Maker with Press
Cauliflower Sauce:
- Blanch cauliflower in salted water +/- 6 minutes
- Blend, with seasonings and reserved blanching water until tender
Sunflower Gremolata:
- Mix all ingredients together and garnish pasta.