Beef Ravioli with Tomato Cream Sauce (Photos)

This recipe post features a tomato cream sauce I made for some leftover beef and spinach ravioli we had the other night. The following link shows how I made the Ravioli and the red sauce used in this recipe:

Beef Ravioli in Red Sauce

The original post shows the ravioli in a Red Sauce. Some of the red sauce from that recipe is actually used in this sauce, combined with a béchamel and some leftover beef ravioli stuffing I had.

That meal was pretty good but We decided the red sauce was a little bold for the mild beef, spinach and parmesan filling I used in the ravioli.

No problems, because that first ravioli meal was gone in no time at all and we had leftovers for tonight's version.



The sauce for our leftovers will be a lighter (milder) tomato cream, using béchamel as the base and a little of the ravioli stuffing because I had some leftover and wanted to use it in my sauce.

Making the Béchamel:

Start with two Tablespoons of unsalted butter



Melt the butter and as it begins to foam, add an equal amount (2 Tablespoons) of AP flour. Béchamel uses equal butter and flour and milk to the desired thickness - usually fairly thick. If it is my béchamel it usually gets some white wine also.



Cook about three minutes over low heat to cook away the raw flour taste. You do not brown this roux but you must cook it.



Add a half teaspoon of salt and some Black Pepper.



Then 1 1/2 cups of milk and a half cup of dry white wine. Mix until the sauce is smooth.



To my béchamel I added about a quarter cup of the red sauce from the original ravioli dish. Actually - One and a half of the portion you see here.



I tasted and added red sauce until I hit the flavor profile I wanted.



I had about three Tablespoons of the ravioli stuffing left from my original dish and so I added it too - because I could.



Nice sauce - would be tasty just as it is over some linguini.



But into it goes the cold leftover ravioli - long enough to get it heated through and through.



Finished!



Plated with butter toasted bread and asparagus.







Money Shots:





Can't resist Bread with sauce



A green Hydrangea Blossom the wife picked for our table.



Nice meal for Leftovers!

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