Way out West Lamb & Shitake RavioliThe Filling1Lb. of cooked ground Lamb
1 egg
½ cup of grated four cheeses
½ cup of seasoned bread crumbs
1-1/2 tsp Way out West TrailDust
1-tsp of salt
1-tsp white pepper
6-small shitake mushrooms
Cook burger and diced shitake mushrooms add way out west TrailDust and season meat to taste with S & P. Drain grease from meat. Mix the rest of the ingredients to meat and with a gloved hand break up meat and mix well. Makes 4 dozen ravioli.
Ravioli dough4-cups of flour
4-eggs
1- tsp of salt
4-TBLS of warm water
Sift flour into bowl and make a well in center for the eggs. Add eggs and water. Work flour & egg mixture together adding more water if necessary to make smooth malleable dough. Knead until smooth. Let dough rest 15 minutes in plastic wrap. Run dough through your pasta roller until desired thickness. Make raviolis with your usual method or use a Ravioli form found at
www.cpalmermfg.com The Sauce and ravioli cooking2-sticks of butter
1 to 1-1/2 cups of chicken broth
Pinch of salt
1 cup of four cheeses
Add the butter to a large sauté pan and bring to a medium heat. Add 1 cup of chicken stock and season with salt. Shake the pan to incorporate the butter and stock and simmer until the stock has reduced a bit and the sauce looks velvety and is the consistency of heavy cream. If the sauce gets to thick adjust the consistency with chicken stock.
Add the ravioli to a pot of boiling water and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully remove the ravioli from the boiling water and immediately put them in the sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil shaking frequently to be sure that the ravioli does not stick to the pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup of four cheeses and swirl to combine cheeses with sauce. Plate and enjoy.
I started out thinking I would use a premade alfrito sauce, I bagged that idea and made my own butter cheese sauce. A few of the players
Mix the dough by hand and let it sit
Started the lamb and mixed in all the ingredients
Started pressing the dough and making the raviolis
Making the sauce and boiling the Ravioli
Mixing the sauce , cheese and ravioli
Plated, I can honestly say this is the best italian dish I have ever made.
