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Sauce suggestions for ravioli

Posted on 3/26/20 at 12:02 pm
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 12:02 pm
I'm making ravioi this weekend. It will be stuffed with a bolognese (meat, not red). I'm looking for suggestions on a sauce for the finished ravioli. My first thought is to make a basil-cream sauce. I want something to enhance the filling but not overpower it.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 12:20 pm to
Good olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes, and fresh chopped basil?
Posted by Rip N Lip
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 1:52 pm to
Basil pesto cream or a vodka cream sauce.
Posted by CoachChappy
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 1:57 pm to
Vodka sauce
Posted by mmmmmbeeer
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 1:58 pm to
Brown butter sage sauce

Brown some butter in a frying pan until you get a nice brown butter. Remove from heat, throw in 7-8 leaves of sage, a good squeeze of half a lemon, and let it sit for a few minutes. Remove the sage leaves, toss your ravioli into the butter with a bit of your ravioli water, and mix in some fresh grated parm.
Posted by hungryone
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 2:05 pm to
Hmm—I would stuff the ravioli with ricotta and parmesan and use the Bolognese to sauce the cheese ravioli.

Otherwise, a little melted butter, so that the filling is the star of the show. Remember that simple is the hallmark of Italian cooking. Focus on just a few things on the plate....
Posted by VABuckeye
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 2:12 pm to
Agreed. Made this last night. Garlic and butter chicken on angel hair with butter sage sauce.



Posted by LouisianaLady
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 2:28 pm to
I've been blanching broccoli and then cooking it with shallots, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Use some pasta water to turn it into a sauce. Add your pasta and simmer together for a few minutes. Remove from heat and grate some Parmesan into it.

The broccoli falls apart and turns into a sauce. So good.



This post was edited on 3/26/20 at 2:29 pm
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 3:52 pm to
That does look good. Pesto-ish if I may.
Posted by HogWalloper
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 4:30 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/31/21 at 10:24 am
Posted by OldTigahFot
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:38 pm to
Browned butter, a little balsamic and some shaved fresh parm and black pepper. Maybe a little oregano if you really want to take it over the top.

Posted by DaBeerz
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:43 pm to
Agree brown butter with herbs is all you need but fine fine line to burned
Posted by John McClane
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:44 pm to
How long are you cooking the broccoli to make it break down that way?
Posted by LouisianaLady
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

How long are you cooking the broccoli to make it break down that way?



Blanch only a couple minutes or so first. I actually cook the shallot/garlic before the broccoli even gets put in, then add the broccoli and it starts to break down fairly quickly. The pasta water probably assists a bit with the breaking down as well.
This post was edited on 3/26/20 at 7:58 pm
Posted by BigDropper
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:39 pm to
Well, normally you serve cheese ravioli with bolognese sauce so, a cream sauce sounds like a good direction to go in.

I like mushroom so I would make a mushroom besciamella with parmesan cheese.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 7:00 am to
Thanks. I want to go in a different direction with the stuffing on these. Bolognese will provide a big burst of flavor inside the ravioli.

It does look like I'm going with a basil cream sauce. Pivoting to a brown butter sauce is simple enough. I do butter sage sauce all the time.

Looks like brown butter sauce. The local groceries have no fresh basil.
This post was edited on 3/27/20 at 8:41 am
Posted by Panny Crickets
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 11:46 am to
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VABuckeye


Yeah, we gone need pics.

Hope you and yours are well, sir.
Posted by ChEgrad
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:12 pm to
I do a ravioli with Bolognese, but I stuff with butternut squash filling and serve with Bolognese on top.

Delicious. Had it at a restaurant in Ferrara and recreated it when I got home.
Posted by hungryone
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:17 pm to
I’m wondering if your Bolognese will be too wet as a filling. Please let us know how it goes.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/27/20 at 9:58 pm to
It’s a meat bolognese. I’ve made it enough times that I know how to fool around with the moisture level. Thanks for the kind words. I’ll take and post pics. Hope it turns out!
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