After visiting Cherry Grove Farm I had quite the assortment of cheese on my hands. And when is a lot of cheese ever a bad thing? The real question is, besides consuming large amounts of cheese and crackers, what can you do with cheese?!
Make ravioli of course!
Don’t worry. I was scared about making homemade ravioli too. But I promise this recipe is really easy and versatile.
You will need:
•3 cups flour
•1 cup of hot water
•Extra flour for dusting
•Goat cheese
•Lemon zest
•Olive oil
•Sea salt
1.) Combine flour and water in a bowl and stir until the mixture becomes doughy. Form into a ball and cover with plastic wrap for 15 minutes.
2.) Place dough on a clean surface that you have dusted with flour. Begin rolling dough with a rolling pin and continue to roll until dough is very thin but will not rip when folding. While you are rolling you may want to dust the rolling pin with flour and continue to add more flour as necessary if it is sticky.
3.) Cut dough into whichever shape you please. I chose square but circular ravioli would work too. After making the first piece, use it to measure the other pieces.
4.) Place about a teaspoon of goat cheese in the middle of each square then top with another piece of dough. Press the edges to seal the dough.
5.) To cook ravioli simply boil water and place ravioli gently in the water. When the ravioli are finished they will float to the top in about 4-5 minutes.
6.) Top with olive oil, lemon zest and sea salt. These ingredients can be used as liberally as you like! I would suggest adding a little bit of ravioli topping and then just taste as you go and add more if you like.
Woe-goat cheese and lavender? I never would have picked that to be a good combo. Was the lavender subtle or more profound?
Wow that looks like it took a lot of effort. Excellent payoff, though!
Thanks Nick, actually not that hard! The hardest part was rolling out the dough!
Wow this looks delicious! I’ve never made ravioli before
Great idea!
Thanks Lisa
I soooo want to try making homemade ravioli. This looks like a great recipe. Love it!
Thanks! It is so much simpler than I ever thought it would be!!
This has been on my list to make for a while. You make it look so easy! I will have to give it a try soon, and I love the goat cheese filling. Yum!
I am so impressed you made homemade ravioli’s as in the real deal! I have only thought about doing it with won ton wrappers
Wow
i am definitely impressed that you made your own ravioli! HOLY thats cool! I think my boyfriends jaw would drop if I ever made something like this!