Chicken Ravioli with Homemade Filling (No Ricotta)
Fall in love with ravioli all over again thanks to a simple chicken filling recipe that is tender with delicate flavors of fresh rosemary and lemon. Whip up a batch of this light ravioli filling for fresh and savory springtime supper.
Heat the butter and olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat until the butter is melted and the oil is shimmering. Saute the onions for about 3 minutes until translucent. Stir in the garlic for about 30 seconds or until you can smell it.
1 Tablespoon olive oil, 1 Tablespoons unsalted butter, ½ cup white onion, 2 cloves garlic
Pour in the wine and simmer cooking the alcohol off for about 2 minutes. The onion will have absorbed the wine as well.
½ cup white wine
Stir in the ground chicken, breaking it up as it cooks, until cooked through, about 8 minutes.
½ lb ground chicken thighs
Add the chicken to a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse the chicken until finely ground.
Add the spinach, Parmesan, both salts, the rosemary and the lemon juice. Pulse the processor and run until the spinach is chopped and the chicken comes together.
1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves, ½ cup Parmesan cheese , ½ teaspoon garlic salt, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon dried rosemary, 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Remove the chicken from the processor to a bowl and gently fold in the egg whites until mixed in.
3 egg whites
Fill ravioli
Roll out homemade ravioli dough to setting #5 on a pasta machine or until you can see your whole hand through the dough when holding the dough up to a window.
Space 2 teaspoons of filling down one side of a long ravioli pasta sheet, about 1" of space between each ravioli. Use a small brush or your fingertips to paint the outline of a square around the filling to help seal the ravioli.
Fold the sheet over lengthwise covering the filling. Use a pastry cutter to cut between each ravioli. Remove each ravioli to a parchment or plastic lined baking sheet sprinkled with a little flour.
Cook the ravioli
Bring a pot of water (about 5 qts) to boil. Add about a handful of kosher salt to the boiling water. Gently add the ravioli to the water and cook for 3 - 3 ½ minutes. Remove with a strainer to heated bowls or plates and cover with your favorite cream sauce or pesto. I also love this light tomato sauce with chicken ravioli.Sprinkle with parmesan cheese to serve.
Quickly dice the chicken thighs into equal sizes about 1" in size.
Add to the bowl of the food processor fitted with a blade.
Pulse the processor to start grinding and then pulse about 15 times or so. You don't want to over-process or you'll end up with filling that is too minced but it should be soft and not "piecy."