Easy Ravioli
Making ravioli from scratch is simple with this step-by-step recipe. Use your choice of filling to prepare square, half-moon, or sun-shaped stuffed pasta.
Ingredients
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
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Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
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1 tablespoon semolina flour, plus more for dusting
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3 extra-large eggs
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1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
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Filling (see above)
Description
- Gather the ingredients.
- In a food processor, pulse the flour with the salt, nutmeg, and the 1 tablespoon of semolina. Add the eggs and pulse until incorporated.
- With the machine on, add the olive oil in a thin stream and process just until moistened crumbs form.
- Turn the crumbs out onto a semolina-dusted work surface and knead just until a smooth dough forms.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Cut the dough into four equal pieces and cover with plastic wrap.
- Work with one piece at a time: Flatten the dough into a 5- x 4-inch oval, about 1/2-inch thick. Dust lightly with semolina.
- Roll the dough through a hand-cranked pasta machine at the widest setting. Fold the dough in thirds (like a letter), then run it through the machine at the same setting, folded edge first. Repeat the folding and rolling once more.
- Roll the dough through at successively narrower settings, twice per setting, until it is thin enough for you to see the outline of your hand through it.