Lemony Chicken and Anchovy Ravioli

Categories: Pasta | Poultry

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

2 ts Olive oil
250 g Minced chicken
4 Anchovy fillets, chopped
2 tb Grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1 tb Cream
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1 ts Grated lemon rind
2 tb Lemon juice
1/4 c Chopped fresh parsley
1 Quantity plain pasta dough
-(2 cups flour, 3 eggs)
60 g Fresh parmesan cheese,
-thinly sliced (optional)
Creamy Cheese Sauce:
30 g Butter
2 tb Plain flour
1 c Water
1 sm Chicken stock cube, crumbled
300 ml Carton cream
2 tb Grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Heat oil in pan, add chicken, cook, stirring for 2 minutes. Stir in
anchovies, cheese, cream, nutmeg, rind, juice and parsley. Blend or
process mixture until smooth.

Divide pasta dough in half, roll each piece until 2 mm thick. Place 1/4
level Tsp of filling 3 cm apart over 1 sheet of pasta. Lightly brush
remaining pasta sheet with water, place over filling; press firmly between
filling. Cut into square ravioli shapes. Lightly sprinkle ravioli with a
little flour.

Just before serving, add ravioli to large pan of boiling water,
boil,uncovered, for about 5 minutes or until just tender; drain. Combine
ravioli with hot sauce; serve topped with extra cheese.

Creamy Cheese Sauce: Melt butter in pan, add flour; stir over heat until
bubbling. Remove from heat, gradually stir in combined water and stock
cube, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Simmer,uncovered,
until reduced by half. Just before serving, stir in cream and cheese.
Serves 4.

Source: Australian Woman's Weekly, Pasta Cookbook posted by Linda Davis
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #315

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 19:01:48 -0500

From: BobbieB1@aol.com

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