Ingredients
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4 ounce bulk Italian sausage
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¾ cup packed fresh spinach leaves
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1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
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⅓ cup ricotta cheese
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1 teaspoon snipped fresh sage or 1/4 teaspoon dried sage, crushed
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⅛ teaspoon grated whole nutmeg
Homemade Ravioli
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3 ½ cup flour
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3 eggs
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3 tablespoon salad oil
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½ cup water
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½ teaspoon salt
Meat Filling:
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½ pound beef, cubed
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½ pound veal, cubed
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½ cup chopped nuts
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½ cup chopped celery
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½ cup chopped carrots
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Salt and pepper
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1 ½ cup cooked, chopped spinach
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4 eggs
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1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Breading:
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4 eggs, beaten
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2 cup milk
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4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
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Grated Parmesan, for garnish
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Tomato sauce, for serving
Directions
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In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat until brown, using a wooden spoon to break up sausage as it cooks. Stir in spinach; cook and stir until wilted. Drain off fat. If mixture is too coarse to stuff ravioli, transfer to a food processor or blender; cover and process or blend with several on/off pulses until chopped.
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In a medium bowl, combine egg yolk, ricotta cheese, sage, and nutmeg. Stir in sausage mixture. Cover and chill until needed.
Homemade Ravioli
For the dough:
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In a large mixing bowl, add all of the ingredients, and mix until the ingredients come together to form a dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 to 15 minutes. Wrap in plastic wrap and set aside.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
For the meat filling:
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Combine the beef, veal, onion, celery, carrots, salt, and pepper in a roasting pan and roast until cooked through, about 1 hour. Let cool.
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Add the spinach, then grind ingredients in a meat grinder with a fine grind. Add the eggs and cheese, and mix well to create a paste-like texture.
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Roll out the dough on a floured surface using a rolling pin. Make a large, very thin layer of dough. Spread out a thin layer of filling on half of one side of the dough, using a spatula. Fold the dough end over the filling side of the dough. Mark the filled dough with a ravioli marker (ravioli rolling pin). Cut ravioli out using a ravioli cutter. Freeze until hard.
To bread the ravioli:
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Make an egg wash by mixing together the eggs and milk. Add the ravioli to the wash, then dip in the seasoned bread crumbs. Refreeze until ready to fry.
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Preheat a deep fryer to 350 degree F.
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Fry the ravioli until golden brown. Serve hot on a plate sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan on top and tomato sauce on the side.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
249 | Calories |
11g | Fat |
25g | Carbs |
11g | Protein |
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings Per Recipe 6 | |
Calories 249 | |
% Daily Value * | |
Total Fat 11g | 14% |
Saturated Fat 4g | 20% |
Cholesterol 162mg | 54% |
Sodium 287mg | 12% |
Total Carbohydrate 25g | 9% |
Protein 11g | 22% |
Vitamin C 1.8mg | 2% |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.