Recipe - Pumpkin Ravioli With Pumpkin Seed Sauce

RAVIOLI
1 cup Ricotta cheese
One half cup Pumpkin
cooked
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
2 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Tomato paste
1 tablespoon Oil
2 Egg

PUMPKIN SEED SAUCE
1 cup Shelled pumpkin seeds
One half cup Onion
chopped
1 Slice white bread
torn into small pieces
1 Clove garlic
crushed
2 tablespoon Oil
2 tablespoon Green chilies
chopped
14 ounce Chicken broth
One half cup Whipping cream
Salt

Mix cheese, pumpkin, One half tsp salt and the nutmeg; reserve.

Mix flour and One half tsp salt in large bowl; make well in centre. Beat
tomato paste, oil and eggs until well blended; pour into well. Stir
with fork, gradually bringing flour mixture into centre, until dough
forms a ball. If dough is too dry, mix in up to 2 Tbsp water. Knead
on lightly floured clothcovered surface, adding flour if dough is
sticky, until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover, let rest 5
minutes.

Divide dough into 4 equal parts. Roll dough, one part at a time, into
rectangle, about 12 x 10 inches(keep remaining dough covered). Drop
pumpkin mixture by 2 level teaspoonfuls onto half of the rectangle
about 1 One half inches apart in 2 rows of 4 mounds each. Moisten edges
of dough and dough between rows of pumpkin mixture with water. Fold
other half of dough up over pumpkin mixture, pressing dough down and
around mixture. Trim edges with pastry wheel or knife. Cut between
rows of filling to make ravioli; press edges with fork to seal.
Repeat with remaining dough and pumpkin mixture. Place ravioli on
towel; let stand, turning once, until dry, about 30 minutes.

Prepare Pumpkin Seed Sauce. Heat until hot; keep warm. Cook ravioli
in 4 quarts boiling salted water (2 tsp salt) until tender, 10 to 15
minutes, drain carefully. Serve ravioli with sauce.

Pumpkin Seed Sauce

To serve with Pumpkin Ravioli

Cook pumpkin seeds, onion, bread and garlic in oil, stirring
frequently, until bread is golden brown. Stir in chiles.

Place mixture in food processor workbowl fitted with steel blade;
cover and process until smooth. Stir in broth, whipping cream and
salt.

Serve with Pumkin Ravioli. posted by Linda Davis
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #237

Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 10:05:40 0500

From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)