Month of Love Recipe Pairing: Longevity Cabernet and Garlic Alfredo Ravioli

February is the month of affection, and two hearts turn out to be one as Longevity Wines and ONEHOPE come collectively as a power for change. Our Longevity Cabernet Sauvignon offers again to the Affiliation of African American Vintners, which gives a assist community for African American vintners and wine trade professionals. This helps guarantee the supply of wine schooling, and entry to profession enhancement alternatives, whereas bringing wine nation existence and nice wine to shoppers. Together with Phil Lengthy and Bronco Wine Firm, this partnership proudly has donated $18,000 to this unbelievable group.

This daring, full bodied wine requires an equally decadent pairing. The dough of our Garlic Alfredo Ravioli is infused with beet puree, which not solely provides vibrant coloration but additionally richer depth of taste to this dish. We hope you benefit from the course of of constructing this enjoyable dish in your kitchen with somebody you like. 

Coronary heart-Formed Garlic Alfredo Ravioli

Serves: 4-6 (makes 20-25 ravioli)

Energetic Time: 2 hours

Inactive Time: 2 hours

Contemporary Pasta Dough Recipe

Substances

• 1 small beet, washed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, separated
• 1 cup Tipo 00 flour
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 egg (yolk & white)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Set the beet on 2 sheets of aluminum foil and drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil excessive. Wrap the foil across the beet to cowl and seal on the prime. Bake within the oven for 45 minutes, till fork-tender. Take away from the oven and place the beet in a blender with ⅓ cup water. Purée till clean.
2. In a big bowl, combine collectively the flour and salt. Create a gap in the midst of the dry components (suppose massive volcano gap), and pour the egg yolks, the entire egg, olive oil, and a couple of tablespoons of the beet purée into the middle. Utilizing a fork, slowly incorporate the flour into the moist components by stirring in a round movement.
3. Because the dough comes collectively, you could want so as to add an additional ¼ cup of flour whether it is too moist. If the dough continues to be sticking to your arms after all of the components are combined collectively, then add in a bit extra flour. 
4. Switch the dough to a flat, frivolously floured floor. Knead the dough together with your arms for about 8 minutes, or till the dough is clean and elastic. It will activate the gluten within the dough and make it bind collectively. 
5. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for two hours or in a single day. If the dough is being ready greater than 2 days upfront, then place it within the freezer, the place it may be saved for as much as 2 months.

Ravioli Filling + Meeting

Substances

• ½ cup entire milk ricotta cheese
• ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
• 5 spinach leaves, thinly sliced
• 1 cloves garlic, pressed or finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon + ½ teaspoon salt, separated 
• ¼ teaspoon floor pepper 

Directions

1. Set a big pot of water on the range over excessive warmth and convey to a boil.
2. Add ricotta, Parmesan, spinach, garlic, and ½ teaspoon of salt and floor pepper to a medium-sized bowl, and use a rubber spatula to combine collectively till mixed.
3. Roll out two sheets of pasta dough (check with the contemporary pasta recipe directions). Every sheet ought to measure roughly 2 ½” x 30”, and be 1/16” thick. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to chop out the ravioli. Use a pastry bag or a big Ziploc bag with the tip lower off to pipe 1-2 teaspoons of the filling onto half of the pasta dough hearts.
4. Brush water onto the remaining seen floor of the dough with filling. Cowl with one other coronary heart, and press frivolously right down to seal and join the 2 sheets. Remember to begin on the perimeter of the filling mound and work your method to the sides (this may guarantee no air bubbles kind within the ravioli).
5. Sprinkle flour on the floor of a sheet pan earlier than putting ravioli on it.
6. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of salt to the boiling water, and add about 5-6 ravioli at a time (ensuring to not overcrowd the pan). Boil for 4-5 minutes till al dente (the ravioli will float to the highest of the water when executed).
7. Take away cooked ravioli from the water with a slotted spoon, place onto a plate or massive bowl and toss with garlic alfredo sauce.

Garlic Alfredo Sauce

Substances

• 2 ounces salted butter
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 3 garlic cloves,  pressed or finely chopped
• ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon floor pepper

Directions

1. Start by putting the butter in a medium saucepan over medium warmth till it melts fully.
2. Add the heavy cream and garlic to the melted butter, then let the combination simmer for quarter-hour. This course of permits the sauce to cut back and thicken. 
3. As soon as the sauce has thickened, add within the grated Parmesan cheese and proceed stirring till the cheese is totally melted into the sauce, making a clean consistency.
4. Lastly, season the sauce with salt and floor pepper, stirring effectively to make sure the seasonings are evenly distributed all through the sauce.

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