Using our top-rated sauces and homemade ravioli filling recipes, you can design your ideal flavor pairings to star in a rave-worthy Italian dinner. First, we explain how to make the dough from scratch and share some of our best ravioli filling ideas. Then it’s time to get saucy: We’re dishing about the tastiest pasta sauce options to spoon over each.
Fresh Pasta Dough for Ravioli
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Grab some flour, water, salt, and eggs. This is where the best homemade ravioli begins. Though we call for a food processor to mix the pasta dough, there are also instructions for mixing by hand. Atop of the homemade pasta, choose one of our delectable ravioli filling recipes to bring it all home.
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Invest in a ravioli press to make it even easier to stuff these squares with a cheese ravioli filling or your desired filling combo.
Mushroom Ravioli Filling
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Looking for ravioli filling recipes without meat? Combining dried porcini and fresh mushrooms adds pleasant, earthy elements to this simple dish. With so much umami and 10 grams of protein per serving, you won’t miss the meat in this vegetarian dinner idea.
Soak dried porcini in boiling water for 15 minutes or until soft before adding it to the pan.
Browned Butter Sauce
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Everything is better with butter, including pretty much any of our homemade ravioli filling recipes. Drizzle each bowl of pasta with browned butter, grated cheese, and herbs for a simple and sophisticated dish. Finish with fresh herbs and a dash of ground black pepper, and your dinner table will practically feel like a Venician café (minus the gondola floating by, sadly).
Homemade ravioli filling pairing: Salmon and Ravioli Filling
Sage is a classic addition to browned butter sauce, but rosemary, oregano, and marjoram are excellent alternatives for adding unique flavor.