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This easy 'how to make ravioli' guide makes fresh, filled pasta simple thanks to expert advice from celebrity chef Theo Randall.

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00:00Hello my name is Theo Randall from Theo Randall at the Intercontinental. Today

00:03I'm going to show you how to make ravioli.

00:10So first of all we're going to start with the filling. So the filling we have

00:12some spinach, now you can do anything you want, you

00:15could use broccoli, you could use the classic chimo de

00:19rapé which is the turnip tops, you could use swiss chard,

00:22anything kind of green and slightly robust that you can cook

00:26and then finely chop and mix in some ricotta and some parmesan cheese.

00:30So we've just got spinach here, so I've left the stalks on the spinach so it's

00:33got a nice texture to it, then I'm just going to finely chop the

00:36blanched spinach which I've squeezed out. Now it's important that you take out a

00:39lot of the water because if it's too wet the mixture

00:43will be too wet which will make the pasta soggy.

00:45So it's really important to make sure that you squeezed it out.

00:50Now I find if you blanch the spinach and you then put it into a colander let it

00:54cool down to room temperature it's much better

00:57flavour than by putting it into ice-cold water because when you put in

01:00ice-cold water it dilutes the flavour so it takes a

01:03little bit longer but you get a much nicer result.

01:06So finely chop the spinach so it's really fine,

01:09you can leave a little bit of texture in there but it's quite nice if it's nicely

01:12finely chopped and then we're going to add some

01:14ricotta cheese and we're going to add some parmesan and some salt and pepper.

01:19So very very simple filling. Okay so we put the

01:22chopped spinach into a bowl then we're going to add

01:26our ricotta cheese so just lovely fresh ricotta.

01:30Mix that in together with the spinach and then we're going to add some

01:37parmesan, a nice amount of freshly grated parmesan cheese,

01:41some salt and pepper, freshly ground black pepper

01:45and sea salt. Make sure it's quite well seasoned because

01:49it's going to be blanched in the pasta so the filling has to be really quite

01:53strong. Just mix the spinach and the ricotta

01:56and the parmesan. Using a teaspoon we're going to put the

02:00filling. Now the temptation is to make really large

02:02balls of filling, make them very very quite smallish because if they're too

02:06big when you push the pasta together it's all going to come out the sides.

02:09It's very important, one there's a gap and two it's very very clean in between

02:12each ravioli otherwise what will happen is the filling

02:15will get stuck in between the two sheets of pasta so when it cooks

02:19it will open up. Now if you're doing this on a larger scale or professional level

02:23you can use a piping bag but I'm just using a teaspoon because we

02:26are cooking at home. Portions of filling with a decent gap

02:29and take at least two fingers in between each

02:32each gap. Then what we're going to do we're just going to get some water and we're

02:35going to run some cold water over each part of the

02:39pasta dough so basically acts like a sealant so like almost like a glue.

02:44So just some water, just cold water, pastry brush,

02:47then rub that in between, not too much, don't make it too wet but just enough so

02:50it gives a bit of moisture and then along the

02:53bottom of each bit of pasta and then we just fold the pasta over.

02:57Just fold this over the top, pasta's just nice,

03:00slightly moist because I put that tea towel on top which kept it nice and

03:03juicy. If you don't do that what'll happen is when you fold it over the

03:06pasta will break and crack and that is a disaster. So fold this over,

03:12push down, sort of pushing it almost towards you but making sure that that

03:16bit of dough is not sticking to the other piece of dough yet and

03:19then using your two little fingers just push down and what we're trying

03:23to do now is get rid of all of the air. There's no air in between the little

03:27pasta parcel because if there's air and you pop it into the

03:32water what'll happen is the air will expand and explode.

03:35You'll end up with some horrible ravioli. That's all sealed and then using the cup

03:40of your hand over the ravioli and push down and

03:43that will release all of the air. So push down and then just keep pushing

03:47down so all that air comes out and you end up with lovely sealed

03:51raviolis. Getting this as well and then we're

03:53going to get our cutter and cut the ravioli. If you've got one

03:56the zigzag one even better but I've just got a straight sided one here and then

04:00just cut along, make sure that you've got those

04:02bits of pasta sealed nicely, this side as well.

04:05Getting rid of the little trimmings of pasta and then just cut the pasta

04:09and take off the surface and then once you've done that

04:12just go through the ravioli and make sure that all the edges

04:16are sealed by literally picking up each one and then just press

04:19so it's all sealed. It's definitely worth doing this because if you don't then you

04:22might get a little hole in there. A little bit of semolina flour on the

04:25bottom just to make sure it doesn't stick and then

04:27we're actually going to put this onto a tray and pop it in the fridge. Now

04:30the temptation with anything goes in the fridge is to cover it with cling film.

04:34If you cover it with cling film what will happen is the pasta will remain

04:37really soggy. You want the pasta to almost dry out and the fridge is

04:40brilliant because it'll evaporate the moisture. Squeezing

04:43each edge and making sure that filling is nice and

04:46tight inside and then once you've done that put it

04:50straight in the fridge.

04:54Okay so the pasta's been in the fridge for about 20 minutes so it's got a

04:57slight dryness to it so when you cook it'll have a lovely

05:00al dente bite. Now if you have any leftover bits of pasta like here

05:04the best thing to do is just scrunch them up and then put them through

05:07the pasta machine again and make some tagliatelle or tagliarini.

05:10If they're a bit dry put them in the food processor with a little bit of

05:13water and then just give it a quick blitz and

05:15then wrap it in cling film and use it another time.

05:17But a good kitchen is a frugal kitchen so use up every scrap of pasta you have

05:21left over. I'm going to now cook the ravioli.

05:27So just put the ravioli in one by one in simmering water, not fast boil, just

05:32simmering water for three to four minutes

05:35and then take the pasta out and put them into a pan with some butter and

05:38some sage and a ladle of the pasta water.

05:40Move the pasta in the pan together so it emulsifies.

05:43So the ravioli is really nice and emulsified, it's got the lovely kind of

05:47juice from the pasta water and the butter and the sage.

05:50So we're just going to plate up, nice generous large

05:54ravioli. So the sage is just soft, it's not fried it's just kind of

05:59soft and it has a nice lovely sort of flavour to it, it's really

06:02made the buttery sauce that goes with it. Let's serve with some parmesan cheese

06:07and some black pepper. Very simple, very delicious ravioli.

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