Ravioli di Carne (Ravieu)

Ravioli di carne are inextricably linked to Genoa where, it seems, every citizen has his or her own secret recipe for the filling. Even Niccolò Paganini, the legendary violinist from Liguria’s capital, had a recipe, and he enjoyed preparing it on tour when he was not playing his fiddle. The recipe you find here is a composite of how ravioli are made in Genoa nowadays. In the past, one usually found calf’s brains, sweetbreads, udder, and other parts of the calf as the foundation of me