Ravioli, Genoese Style
Origin: Genoa, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- capon or pullet breast
- lamb brain
- chicken liver
- butter
- meat gravy
- prosciutto
- spinach
- grated parmesan
- nutmeg
- egg yolks
- pasta sheet
Instructions
- Cook the capon/pullet breast, lamb brain with sweetbreads and chicken liver in a little butter, then finish with meat gravy.
- Chop them very fine with a slice of prosciutto; add passed spinach, parmesan, nutmeg and two egg yolks, and mix into a filling.
- Enclose the filling in pasta (closed like cappelletti Romagna style) to make about sixty.
- Cook in broth as a pasta course, or serve dry with cheese and butter or with meat gravy.