Ravioli Ripieni di Pesce

Name: Ravioli Ripieni di Pesce (Anchovy and White Fish Ravioli)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 45 ml/3 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 carrot, finely chopped; 2 celery sticks, chopped; a little milk; 4 canned anchovy fillets, drained; 300 g/11 oz/generous 1½ cups unsalted butter, melted; finely chopped parsley, chervil and a little tarragon; sea salt and ground black pepper; 350 g/12 oz white fish fillets, such as cod, haddock, hake, plaice or flounder, boned and skinned; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups plain/all-purpose flour; 60 ml/4 tbsp tomato paste, diluted in 45 ml/3 tbsp hot water; 4 whole eggs; 200 g/7 oz/generous 1 cup fine semolina; 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley

Anchovy and White Fish Ravioli

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

Anchovies and tomato paste, combined with white fish, make this a special dish with an intense flavour, from Emilia-Romagna. The fragrant herb butter is the only dressing for these ravioli, complementing and not overpowering them.

Ingredients

4 canned anchovy fillets, drained
a little milk
45 ml/

Europe
Italy
Emilia-Romagna
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Pasta

Method

Soak the anchovies in just enough milk to cover for 30 minutes, then rinse and dry on kitchen paper.
Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the anchovy fillets. Mash the anchovies to a pulp, using a fork, then add the onion, celery, carrot, garlic and parsley.

Ingredients

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