Dessert Recipes
Chocolate Ravioli with Raspberry Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
Ganache
- 6 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 3 ounces butter
Pasta
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 2 tablespoons melted bittersweet chocolate
- 1 1/2 cups semolina flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
Raspberry Sauce
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen raspberries, thawed and drained, juice reserved
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons raspberry flavored liqueur
Instructions
Ganache
- Combine over low heat, stir until melted and refrigerate until set.
Pasta
- Combine cocoa and hot water to make a paste.
- Combine cocoa paste, bittersweet chocolate, semolina flour, sugar and 2 eggs in a mixing bowl with dough hook. Mix dough until smooth, remove from bowl and knead adding flour as necessary until dough is no longer sticky.
- Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Pass dough through a pasta machine according to manufacturer's instructions to make 2 sheets measuring 6 x 16 inches.
- Evenly space rounded tablespoons of ganache mixture on 1 sheet.
- Lightly beat 1 egg and brush pasta sheet in between ganache, lay second sheet on top and press together. Cut into individual ravioli, drop into boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes (until they float).
- Remove from water with slotted spoon, place 6 pieces on serving plate, finish with raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.
- Serve immediately.
Raspberry Sauce
- Add enough water to reserved juice to measure 1 cup.
- Stir together sugar and cornstarch in 1 quart saucepan.
- Stir in juice and raspberries. Heat to boiling over medium heat. Boil and stir 1 minute; strain.
- Stir in liqueur.
- Cool slightly before serving.
- Refrigerate any remaining sauce.
Attribution
Posted by FootsieBear at Recipe Goldmine 6/14/01 11:48:56 am.