How to Make Homemade Ravioli

Homemade ravioli aren't as difficult to make as you'd think and they are definitely worth the effort in terms of taste. Impress your dinner guests when you tell them that you made the dough from scratch and rolled out each pasta sheet with love. Use your favorite filling or try a new combination of cheese and vegetable or meat.

Things You'll Need

• 2 cups white flour
• 2 eggs
• rolling pin
• ravioli filling such as: ricotta cheese, sausage, mushrooms, etc
• pastry brush
• salt
• water

Instructions

1. 

   Make a mound of 2 cups flour on your counter top or in a bowl and make a well in the center. Sprinkle 1.5 tsp salt on the flour, then crack one of the eggs in the well.

2. 

   Use a fork to scramble the egg, incorporating the flour as you go. Do the same thing with the second egg, cracking it in the flour and incorporating it in.

3. 

   Once the eggs are mixed in, use your hands to mound the dough into a ball. If your dough is too dry, wet it with a few drops of water. If it seems too wet and sticky, add a handful of flour. Knead the dough for one minute.

4. 

   Halve the ball of dough into two, and those two into four. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into thin sheets.

5. 

   Trim the edges to make a pasta rectangle. Brush the pasta with water using the pastry brush, then drop half teaspoonfuls of filling onto pasta sheet. Leave about half inch in between each one.

6. 

   Take a second sheet of pasta and lay it over the ravioli. Using a knife, or a pizza cutter, cut out the ravioli into individual squares. Press the edges of each ravioli and secure the filling inside the pasta. The moist bottom sheet should fuse together with the top sheet to make a seal.

7. 

   Add ravioli to boiling salted water and cook until they float, about 5 minutes. Toss with butter and Parmesan cheese and serve.

Tips & Warnings

• Use homemade cheese for your filling for a completely from scratch ravioli. See below for link to recipe.

Resources

• How to make cheese