Ravioli di magro

This is my adaptation of the first recipe for ravioli – Rafioli comun de herbe vantazati, ‘common ravioli with leaves’. It is from a collection of recipes by an unknown Venetian – ‘anonimo veneziano’ – who was writing in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century. Ravioli di magro – ‘ravioli for a meatless day’ – are still made in the same way.

‘If you want to make ravioli with leaves, pick some leaves, clean them well and wash them. Boil them a l