Speciality for Valentine’s Day!
It’s been a long time since I wanted to try out the home made rabbit ravioli and I took the opportunity to prepare them for the lavish meal prepared on the eve of St. Valentine’s… no no no it was not a candlelit, romantic evening with my loved one… it was a dinner organized for friends and in the company of my cute cousin whom I am babysitting at the moment! So you can rule out any romantic undertones for this special occassion — it will be for next year hopefully!!
Ravioli with rabbit filling
So, here’s the recipe for 6 persons. For the pasta you need:
- 500g flour
- 5 eggs
Mix the flour and the eggs until the dough is formed. Knead for 15 minutes until smooth and silky and leave to rest in the refrigerator for half an hour.
For the filling you require:
- 600g rabbit’s meat
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1 celery
- white wine
- stock
- sage
- salt & pepper
- olive oil
- butter
- parmesan shavings
Cook the chopped onions, carrots and celery with a little olive oil. Add the rabbit pieces and fry until brown on both sides. Add the white wine and cook on high heat until it evaporates. Following add some stock and leave to simmer for around an hour until the rabbit’s meat is very tender. Leave to cool and remove the meat from the bones. Blend the meat with the cooked vegetables until a smooth paste is formed.
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Start opening the dough into large thin sheets in order to prepare the ravioli. Put some filling in the middle and cut into shapes of your liking. I did them in the form of ‘tortelli’ rather than ravioli but feel free to do them as you please.
When the ravioli are ready prepare a large pan of boiling water and when its boiling drop the ravioli and cook for approximately 5 minutes depending on the thickness of the pasta. In a separate frying pan melt some butter, add a smashed garlic clove and chopped sage leaves. Put in the cooked ravioli and combine well with the butter. Serve with parmesan shavings.
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