This is a vegan and low in fat dish suitable for a romantic Valentine’s dinner, our contribution to the “Vegetable Love” challenge of Fatfree Vegan.
Classic spinach ravioli floating in an Italian tomato sauce
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
for the filling:
- 450 grams of spinach, large stems removed and chopped
- 1 tbs. grainy mustard
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tbs. bread crumbs
- pinch of salt
for the raviolis:
- 1 c. semolina four
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1/2 cup water
- pinch salt
for the sauce:
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 onion, minced
- 1 tbs. olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- various Italian herbs (fresh would be best)
- salt and pepper to taste
- dash of lemon
- pinch of cayenne pepper
Directions:
for the ravioli dough:
- In a bowl, combine the pasta dough ingredients to make a dough.
- Wrap in a towel and let sit for 30 minutes.
for the filling:
- Wash the spinach and remove the large tough stems.
- Chop the spinach and steam or saute in water. (sweat)
- Place in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the mustard, salt and bread-crumbs and mix well.
- Season further with salt, cayenne and pepper.
for the sauce:
- Saute the minced onion in the olive oil until the onion is glassy.
- Add the minced garlic and saute.
- Add the tomatoes and reduce heat to simmer.
- Add the herbs, lemon juice, salt and pepper and continue to simmer on a low heat.
- Season to taste with additional salt, pepper and cayenne.
making the ravioli:
- Divide the dough in fourths and roll out each portion on a floured work space, allowing the first sheet of pasta to sit while rolling out the second. One of the tricks to the pasta is to make sure you?ve rolled the dough out very thin.
- Cut out your ravioli shapes and fill with the filling. Place the top part of the ravioli over the filling and close with a fork.
- If you have a form or press, then of course that saves time you merely place 1 sheet of dough on one side, put the filling on the dough and then lay the 2nd sheet of dough on top. Close the form to seal and cut off the extra using a knife.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salty water to boil.
- Put your ravioli into the salty water and cook. They are ready when they come floating to the top. I would suggest cooking only a few raviolis at a time.
- Place the first cooked raviolis in the oven to keep warm until they are all ready.
- When ready to serve, put a layer of sauce on the plate and lay the raviolis on top.
- You can garnish with some fresh cut herbs or if you have soy cheese, you can dust some on top.
on Feb 9th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Absolutely beautiful! I’m sure it is equally delicious.
on Feb 10th, 2007 at 3:45 am
That is lovely! And I think I like this blog…
on Feb 11th, 2007 at 5:10 am
I don’t think I’ve ever seen heart-shaped ravioli before - I love it!
on Feb 11th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Wow.. this is beautiful! Such a great idea!
on Feb 13th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
That looks wonderful and yummy too!
on Feb 14th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
This is without a doubt one of the best web sites for vegetarians on the Web! Everyone should bookmark the URL and send it to their friends. This ravioli dish is enough to convert the most stubborn carnivore!
BRAVISSIMA!
Joe
on Oct 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Where did you get the heart shaped ravioli cutter? Your site is great.
Thanks!
on Oct 21st, 2008 at 2:28 am
ooh that looks so yummy and cute! I’m gonna make this tomorrow
on Oct 28th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Where did you get the heart-shaped pasta cutter?
on Jan 7th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Looks like I found this one a little beforehand for the valentines, I am pretty sure I cannot get close to the actual thing, but I suppose a try wont hurt!
on Feb 12th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I was hoping to find something like this. My girlfriend knows hom much I love to cook and told me she wanted heart-shaped raviolo for V-day. I am definitely going to give this a shot.
How did you get your heart shapes? My best guess would be with a cookie cutter.
on Mar 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
i’m going insane trying to find the heart shaped press. can you just tell us where you bought it from?
thanks
on Mar 21st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
i fell upon this site while searching the web for a heart shape cake recipe.What a fantastic site,im definatly going to try, not just the ravioli recipe, but lots more!
on May 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I’m so happy I found this! I’ve been looking for a vegetarian ravioli recipe and couldn’t get one! Its explained so well, I will try it for dinner. Wish me luck!
on May 26th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Your heart shape ravioli recipe looks wonderful. I would love to make them but I can’t find a heart shape press. Please let me know where I can get one. Thank-you very much.