This sunning autumnal vegetarian pasta dish proves that making your own pasta is well worth the effort.
Ingredients
- For the pasta
- 300g/11oz ’00’ pasta
flour, plus extra for dusting salt and freshly ground black pepper - 3 free-range
eggs - 1 tbsp
olive oil
- 300g/11oz ’00’ pasta
- For the pumpkin filling
- 1.7kg/3lb 12oz
pumpkin, peeled, seeds removed, cut into chunks - 2 tbsp
olive oil - salt and freshly ground
black pepper - 5
amaretti biscuits, crushed - 1 tsp
lemon juice - ½ tsp
ground ginger
- 1.7kg/3lb 12oz
- For the sage beurre noisette
- 110g/4oz unsalted
butter - ½
lemon, juice only - 1-2 tbsp olive oil
- 200g/7oz
pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1cm/½in dice - 3 tbsp
pine nuts vegetable oil, for shallow frying - 20 small
sage leaves - 110g/4oz
parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), freshly grated, to serve
- 110g/4oz unsalted
Preparation method
For the pasta, blend the flour, salt, freshly ground black pepper, eggs and olive oil in a food processor, pulsing until the dough resembles breadcrumbs.
Place the sheet of pasta dough onto a floured work surface and cut into a 40cm x 6cm (16in x 2in) rectangle. Cut equal-sized squares from the rectangle, about 6cm/2in wide.
For the pumpkin filling, preheat the oven to 210C/410F/Gas 7.
Place the pumpkin chunks into a roasting tin. Drizzle with olive oil and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Roast the pumpkin in the oven for 20 minutes, or until tender.
Remove the roasted pumpkin from the oven and set aside to cool slightly. Transfer the roasted pumpkin pieces to a food processor and blend to a purée.
Transfer the purée to a saucepan and place over a low-medium heat for a few minutes – this will help to remove any excess moisture. Set aside and allow to cool.
When the purée has cooled, stir in the crushed amaretti biscuits, lemon juice and ground ginger and add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Place one teaspoonful of the mixture in the centre of each pasta square. Brush the edges of the pasta square with a little water.
Place another pasta square over the top of the filled pasta square and press down gently around the filling, pressing out any air bubbles. Press the edges flat to seal and trim off any overlap.
Repeat the process with the remaining pasta squares and filling. Place the ravioli onto the lined baking tray until you’re ready to cook them.
For the sage beurre noisette, heat a non-reactive frying pan until hot, add the butter and heat until it turns a nut-brown colour.
Add the lemon juice and a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper and then remove from the heat.
Heat a separate frying pan until hot, add a little olive oil and the diced pumpkin and fry over a medium heat until golden-brown and just tender.
Add the pine nuts and fry for another more minute, or until just browned. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Heat 1cm/½in of vegetable oil in a frying pan until just shimmering, then add the sage leaves and fry for 20 seconds, or until just browned.
Remove the sage leaves using a slotted spoon and set aside to drain on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
To cook the ravioli, place them, a few at a time, into a large saucepan of salted, boiling water and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until they float back to the surface. Drain.
To serve, toss the drained ravioli gently with the beurre noisette. Place five ravioli onto each plate, then spoon over the beurre noisette and a few sage leaves. Top with the fried pumpkin, pine nuts and some grated parmesan.