Thursday 7 January - Spinach Ravioli with Burrata

After George cooked an amazing meal for us over Christmas, I decided that Thursday nights he is cooking for us. He went through a book and came up with a recipe that needed Burrata -something I've never tried before, and would probably cost a fortune. I agreed to meet him off the bus from school outside Waitrose, and we went in search of this mythical ingredient. Bonus, it was reduced! We snapped up the last two tubs.

The other bizarre thing about his menu choice is that it included spinach - something that he loved as a baby, but has refused to eat for the last 12 years. he decided to go with it, and this was steamed, drained thoroughly and pureed.

I persuaded him that pasta made by hand wasn't worth the effort, and the spinach, eggs and flour went into the food processor to make the dough.

 

This dough was then rested, and rolled out in my cheat Kitchen Aid pasta machine

This is what the dough looked  like, before and after rolling

The plain burrata was made into ravioi, with just a tiny sprinkle of parmesan.

It was left to dry for a bit, on a tray with loads of flour ( we have learned from our mistakes on this!)

The 'Sauce' was butter, pine nuts and fresh rosemary

Poured over the pasta, which was cooked for a couple of minutes, and sprinkled with a bit more parmesan.