Red Pesto Ravioli
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"I absolutely loved the pesto! I think next time I will make more of the sauce for that amount of pasta, but I can never get enough sun dried tomato (or garlic!) so that could just be me! I might add the spinach to the pasta mix right near the end so it's incorporated into it, but I know this changes the dish completely. Overall: delicious!Note: I am dairy-free so I used penne instead and no goat cheese. I know, I'm missing out. ;)" - msteve06
Yield: 2 Ready in 45 minutes
Cuisine: ItalianMain Ingredient: Pasta
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| 1 poundfresh cheese raviolis |
| 12 chewy sun-dried tomatoes; plump |
| 2 mediumGarlic |
| 2 pinchRed pepper flakes |
| 1/3 cupExtra-Virgin Olive Oil |
| 1 teaspoonfresh thyme |
| 1/8 teaspoonSalt |
| 1/4 cupwalnuts or pine nuts; lightly toasted |
| 3 bunchbaby spinach; tossed with a glug of olive oil |
| 2/3 cupoven-roasted cherry tomatoes; (optional)* |
| goat cheese; crumbled |
Red Pesto Ravioli Preparation
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt generously and cook the raviolis per package instructions. Drain, but reserve about one cup of the hot pasta water (important!).
In the meantime, make the sun-dried tomato pesto by pulsing the sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, pepper flakes, olive oil, thyme, and salt in a food processor until it comes together into a textured crumble. Add the walnuts, and pulse a few more times - see photo. Set aside.
Combine 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water in a large mixing bowl along with two-thirds of the sun-dried tomato pesto. Add the cooked raviolis and gently toss. Add more of the hot pasta water if needed to thin the pesto out - it should make a nice chunky sauce. Taste and add more of the pesto if you like - it's really a matter of personal preference at this point.
Arrange the baby spinach on a large platter and top with everything from the ravioli mixing bowl. Top with the cherry tomatoes and a bit of crumbled goat cheese.
Notes
*To oven-roast cherry tomatoes: Heat oven to 350F degrees. Cut each tomato in half and arrange in a large oven-proof baking dish. Mix together a big splash of olive oil, a spoonful of brown sugar, and a few pinches of salt. Pour this over the tomatoes. Gently toss them a bit, making sure they all get coated. Arrange tomatoes cut-side up. Place in the oven and bake for 45 mintutes or so, until the tomatoes are shrunken and sweet.
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