as i am not really that romantic kind of girl...i wouldn 't consider my striped black and gold pasta as romantic...more as stylish...but of course they still would make a beautiful v-day dinner...but of course not only for a valentine's dinner.
...to add some colour to the black and gold pasta, the ravioli hearts are filled with a delicious cashew and sundried tomato pesto.
optional you can serve the pasta within the pesto, a very good option though.
optional you can serve the pasta within the pesto, a very good option though.
i wish all the romantics out there a happy valentine‘s day and everyone else simply bon appetit.
this is what you need
- 200g and 200g flour
- 2 and 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon and 1 tablespoon olive oil
- dash of salt and another dash of salt
- food colouring (natural or artificial)
- pasta maker
- knife
- cookie cutter
- kitchen towel
this is what you have to do
- mix half of the flour, eggs, olive oil and salt and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic
- if you own a thermomix, the dough will be ready after kneading the dough for 2 minutes on dough speed
- if you own a thermomix, the dough will be ready after kneading the dough for 2 minutes on dough speed
- wrap into cling foil and let it rest for 30 minutes
- repeat with the other half of the ingredients and add food colouring
- wrap into cling foil and let it rest for 30 minutes
- take a handful plain dough
- flaten the dough with your hands
- run it through your pasta rolling machine on thickest setting
- keep aside
- repeat with the coloured dough
- place both pieces on top of each other
- cut into small stripes
- again place the layers on top of each other
- lay the layers flat onto your working surface
-flatten with your hands
- run through your pasta maker first on the thickest than on a thinner mode
- spread out
- cut out hearts with a cookie cutter
- get an even number of hearts ready
- prepare your filling
sundried tomato, cashew, garlic, parmesan pesto
- 4 sundried tomatoes
- a handful of cashews
- 4 garlic gloves
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- grounded parmesan cheese
...mix all ingredients and chop in a blender or in a thermomix on speed 4
- place a teaspoon of the pesto in the middle of every second pasta heart
- place another pasta heart on top of each pesto topped heart
- use your fingertips to press the pasta between the mounds to seal
- cook the ravioli hearts in a large pot with lightly salted water, until floating
- toss with melted butter and grind pepper over the ravioli
simple alternative
marbled pasta nests
one of the big advantages of a pasta maker or pasta press is that you do not have any wastage of the dough...and create some beautiful marbled pasta nests.
- you can simply roll the remaining dough together to one ball.
- flaten with your hand
- run through the pasta press on the thickest mode
- run again through a thinner mode
- and finally run it through the spaghetti or tagiatelle mode
- assemble them loose to a nest look-a-like and let them dry on a kitchen towel
