Some things are more fun when done with pals. Ravioli making is one of them. Just ask Chgo John. Luckily my lovely neighbour Denise was willing to give up a few hours of her time and we had an evening of ravioli making and eating in the garden.
We made four kinds of fillings.
Potato with caramelised onion and parmesan, mixed mushrooms with spinach and nutmeg, ricotta with lemon zest and coriander and mascarpone with rocket and sun-dried tomatoes.
No quantities except to say we made pasta with 500g of flour and 5 eggs. This made about 70 ravioli (with some leftover dough too), although we didn’t manage to eat them all. We did give it our best shot though!
We were well lubricated with wine as I believe it is actually illegal to make ravioli without a glass or two to hand.
We served some with tomato sauce and others more simply with olive oil and parmesan.
Summer cooking, summer eating. Everything tastes better eaten outdoors on a hot summer’s night don’t you think?!
(I know they’re not the best shots in the world but they were “working” snaps and it got darker and darker as the evening went on – naturally – I hope you enjoy the atmosphere of the evening as much as we did despite this!)
Chica Andaluza 