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Cream Cheese Ravioli (fresh pasta stuffed wtih Ricotta, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley and flour)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Ingredients

For dough
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs

For filling
1 cup parsley, chopped fine
1/4 teaspoon pepper
5 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 1/2 pounds fresh Ricotta

Meat sauce



Directions

Mix flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 2 eggs into a dough; roll thin and cut into rounds with a doughnut cutter.

Put Ricotta through a sieve once, add parsley, Parmesan cheese, 3 beaten eggs and seasoning; mix thoroughly, and place a spoonful in the center of a round of dough; top with another round and pinch ends together to seal rounds.

Cook ravioli in salted, boiling water about 10 minutes; strain.

Serve with a meat sauce and sprinkle generously with Parmesan cheese.

Serves 6.


Notes

This recipe was taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: La Cucina" by Rose L. Sorce. It was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1953. For the entire copyright-free cookbook see www.archive.org.... Image -- Hugo Birger: Petit dejeuner, 1886.

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