39 Ravioli

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      Easy

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The Chefs' Knowledge: The modern culinary repertoire

By Chandos Elletson

Published 2022

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A good understanding of how to make a pasta dough for ravioli is a crucial part of understanding Italian food. The vast majority of pasta recipes you find in cookbooks for the home chef do not contain this little known secret - but once you learn it your ravioli will be much lighter and much more traditional.

Most recipes call for 00 flour and eggs for a pasta dough but this combination can become heavy. This is because flour alone will take on too much egg making it denser and more