Ravioli With Summer Green Sauce
From keni 11 years ago
- <30 min to make
- Serves 6
A great summer time pasta dish, this creamy sauce's surprising primary ingredient is sweet fresh peas. I recommend an immersion blender for this, but the mixture could be blended in a regular blender, if needed.
Ingredients
- 2lbs fresh or frozen ravioli and the water needed to cook it shopping list
- 2T butter shopping list
- 1 sweet onion(or you could use a couple shallots) shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1lb fresh or frozen sweet peas(unthawed, if frozen) shopping list
- 1/2 cup chicken or veggie broth shopping list
- 1 large tomato, diced shopping list
- 1/2pt cream(or can sub half and half) shopping list
- 4oz fresh romano cheese, grated(can sub Asiago or Parm) shopping list
- several fresh basil leaves, rubbed and coarsely chopped shopping list
- kosher or sea salt and plenty of fresh ground pepper shopping list
- 1/2lb smoked bacon, cooked and crumbled shopping list
How to make it
- Cook pasta per package or recipe directions. Drain and set aside.
- In large heavy saucepan, melt butter and add onion.
- Cook a few minutes until it beings to soften.
- Add garlic and cook another 5 minutes or so.
- Add peas, broth, basil, salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, until it simmers and peas soften.
- Add cream and, using an immersion blender, carefully blend until well combined and mostly smooth.(add a lil more stock, if needed, for consistency)
- Add cheese and tomato and continue to heat on low fire until cheese is melted and mixture is well combined.
- Serve sauce over the pasta and top with crumbled bacon and a lil extra cheese, if desired.
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The Rating
Reviewed by 2 people-
I had ravioli I needed to use up so this is what I found in the ol' recipe box!! I just happened to have everything, and it was a very nice lunch. Thanks Keni :) Here's the IMI link -------> more
mommyluvs2cook
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I love this, and it fast and simple. This is a keeper.
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spinach1948
in Dorchester-Boston loved it
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Way to go girl!
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