Name: Butternut ricotta ravioli
Prep time: 70 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 1 1/2 flour; 3 eggs extra-large; 1 tsp fresh thyme and parsley; 400 g butternut cut into small cubes and cooked; 50 g pine nuts toasted, with extra to serve; 1 fresh oregano thyme and parsley, finely chopped; 200 g ricotta cheese; 1/4 tsp nutmeg ground; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 125 g butter; 4 fresh sage leaves; fresh herbs to serve

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Ingredients (12)

For the pasta dough:

1 1/2	flour
3	eggs — extra-large
1 tsp	fresh thyme — and parsley

For the filling:

400 g	butternut — cut into small cubes and cooked
50 g	pine nuts — toasted, with extra to serve
1	fresh oregano — thyme and parsley, finely chopped
200 g	ricotta cheese
1/4 tsp	nutmeg — ground
	salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the sauce:

125 g	butter
4	fresh sage — leaves
	fresh herbs — to serve

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Method:

For the dough: Pour flour into a bowl; make a well in the centre. Add eggs; slowly mix to form a soft dough. Add an extra egg if mixture seems dry.

Lightly flour a surface and knead dough for 10–15 minutes until smooth and elastic. Wrap in clingfilm; set aside.

For the filling: In a bowl, combine all the ingredients; season well.

Using a rolling pin or pasta maker,roll out dough until 2 mm thick (no 3 on pasta maker).

Now, using a 6–7 cm heart-shaped cutter, cut out little pasta hearts. Place a teaspoon of the butternut filling into the middle of half of the pasta hearts, leaving a gap around the edge.

Lightly brush the edges with water. Top with another pasta heart and firmly press together the edges to enclose the filling. Cover with clingfilm and chill for at least 15 minutes.

Melt the butter and oil in a pan over medium heat until the butter turns a olden nutty brown colour, add the sage and turn off the heat.

Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil and cook the ravioli for about 4 minutes or until they float to the top.

To serve: Serve hot ravioli with warm butter sauce, fresh herbs and a sprinkling of toasted pine nuts.

Reprinted with the permission of Fairlady.

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