filled pasta

winkle1

does anyone make there own at home? do you have a recipe pls?

Robothell

Hmm......don't know if you want a recipe for the pasta or the filling.....here's both:

Pasta (a la Jamie Oliver)
5 free range eggs, 500g tipo "oo" flour - make a well in the flour, add the eggs, knead to a firm dough, roll out to desired shape. To make it richer, replace one or more eggs with two egg yolks and use 50/50 tipo "oo" flour and semolina flour.

For fillings, there's loads of different ways to fold the pasta around the filling....the easiest is of course ravioli where you just just cut the pasta into small shapes (eg squares) and sandwich the filling between them. The trick is to make sure the filling is fairly dry and to make sure to expel all the air from around the filling or it will explode messily in the boiling water.

Favourite fillings:
Finely chopped spinach with ricotta cheese
Ricotta and parma ham
Chopped mushroon and bacon
Very dry bolognese sauce