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Servings: 8 Portions

Ravioli with Lobster

Author: Mette
Keyword: Dinner, Food For Guests, Italy, Lobster, Party, Pasta, Salmon, Starter
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

Ravioli

  • 300 gram Pasta Pasta Dough (see below)
  • 1 pcs. Egg Yolk mixed with a little salt and two tsp. of water (egg wash)

Fill

  • 300 gram Salmon filleted salmon without skin
  • 50 gram Whipping Cream
  • 300 gram lobsters 300 g of lobster meat (tail and claws from one lobster)
  • 1 pcs. Lemon Juice Juice of one squeezed lemon
  • Spices A handful of chopped mixed herbs (basil, coriander, and chervil)

Lemongrass and chervil sauce

  • 1 pcs. Shallots in rings
  • 1.5 gram Peppercorns White
  • 1 gram Coriander Seeds
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 1 pcs. Bay Leaf
  • pcs. Thyme A few sprigs of thyme
  • 2 pcs. lemongrass 2 halved stalks of lemongrass
  • 125 gram Noilly Prat (or another dry vermouth)
  • 250 gram Fish Stock
  • 250 gram Whipping Cream
  • pcs. Chervil A handful of chopped chervil leaves
  • 500 gram Flour Italian pasta flour
  • 3 gram Sea Salt fine
  • 4 pcs. Egg
  • 6 pcs. Egg Yolk
  • 27 gram Olive Oil

For serving

  • Basil Crispy
  • Spinach butter-cooked
  • Olive Oil to drizzle over
  • stock Reduced shellfish stock to drizzle over

Instructions

Saffron Pasta Dough

  • Place the saffron in one tbsp. of boiling water for 5 minutes. 
  • Sift the flour and fine sea salt into a food processor.
  • Add the eggs, egg yolks, and olive oil. Stir in the saffron water. Whisk it well together. The dough should now form small lumps that can hold together as a soft, firm mass when you squeeze it between your fingers.
  • Pour the dough out onto a lightly floured board, and knead for a few minutes until the dough is soft and slightly elastic. Wrap the dough in cling film, and let it rest for at least 30 minutes before using.
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  • Place shallots, peppercorns, coriander seeds, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, lemongrass, and vermouth in a large pot, and bring it all to a boil.
  • Let it boil until the liquid has reduced to a syrupy consistency. Add the stock, and reduce it by half.
  • Add the whipping cream, and let it simmer until the sauce thickens to a coating.
  • Season the sauce to taste, and add some spices if necessary.
  • Pour the sauce into a bowl through a fine sieve. Just before serving, reheat the sauce and stir in the chopped chervil.
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  • First, make the ravioli filling.
  • Put 100 g of salmon in a food processor along with some sea salt and pepper, and blend to a firm purée.
  • While the machine is running slowly, gradually pour in the cream.
  • Transfer the filling to a bowl, cover with cling film, and let it rest for about 20 minutes.
  • Finally, mix in the lobster and langoustine meat as well as the remaining salmon fillet. Combine everything and let it rest for 20 minutes.
  • Add enough salmon purée to the fish mixture so that it can hold together. Then add lemon juice, herbs, salt, and pepper.
  • To check if the seasoning is right, you can blanch a small spoonful of the filling and taste it.
  • Let the mixture rest for about 20 minutes or until it becomes firm.
  • Then form neat balls of about 80 g each. Place the formed balls on a plate. Cover with cling film and let them rest again.
  • This can be done the day before.
  • Roll out the pasta dough thinly with a pasta machine.
  • Place the dough on a lightly floured board, and cut out some round pieces with a pasta cutter of about 12 cm.
  • Place a ball of filling in the center of each pasta circle, and brush the edges with egg wash.
  • Place another pasta circle on top of the filling, and press the edges together to seal.
  • Shape the dough gently with your fingers all around to ensure there are no holes anywhere.
  • To make the edges neat and uniform, you can trim or cut the dough.
  • Blanch the ravioli in boiling salted water for about 3-4 minutes, then immediately place them in ice-cold water.
  • Lift the pieces out with a slotted spoon, and place them on a tray.
  • Cover them with cling film, and let them rest until ready to serve.
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  • When it's time to serve, heat up the reduced shellfish stock.
  • Reheat the lemongrass sauce and add the chopped chervil once you have taken the pan off the heat.
  • Place the ravioli in a large pot of salted water, and reheat by boiling for 2-3 minutes.
  • Lift them out again with a slotted spoon, and let the water drain completely.
  • Drizzle a spiral of shellfish stock over each of the hot portions.
  • Place a small spoonful of warm spinach in the center, and place a ravioli on top.
  • Drizzle some olive oil over, and add some crispy basil on top if you like.
  • Pour the lemongrass and chervil sauce over just before serving, or let the sauce be passed around.
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