Pasta stuffed with pesto recipe

We love homemade food and, therefore, we always try to make each component of the recipe ourselves. So, this time we have decided to make delicious ravioli with cheese and pesto sauce, teaching how to make stuffed pasta with our own hands.

This type of pasta allows us to let our imagination fly without obstacles, since we can play with both the fillings and the sauces that accompany it. In this way, although we propose a type of filling below, you can modify it and adapt it to your liking. Of course, do not forget to leave your comment to share it! Read on and find out how to make pesto stuffed pasta.

Ingredients to make Pasta stuffed with pesto:

• For the stuffed pasta dough
• 500 grams of wheat flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 dessert spoons of vegetable oil
• 50 milliliters of Water
• for the filling
• 1 bunch of Basil
• 250 grams of Ricotta Cheese
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch of minced garlic
• 1 pinch of Pepper
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• For the pesto sauce
• 80 grams of fresh basil leaves
• 120 milliliters of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 60 grams of grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 pinch of Pepper
• 1 pinch of salt

How to make Pasta stuffed with pesto:

1. The first thing we are going to do to start preparing the recipe is to make the homemade pasta. If you prefer, you can buy the stuffed pasta already made and skip directly to the step where we make the pesto sauce.
2. To make the stuffed pasta dough, sift the flour, make a hole in the center, and place an egg, the oil and start mixing. When we have the integrated egg, we incorporate the next one, and so on until we finish all the eggs. We are adding water to better incorporate the ingredients.
3. Tip:You can use sunflower or olive oil.
4. When we have compact dough that does not stick to our hands, we cover it with plastic wrapand reserve it at room temperature to rest for approximately 30 minutes. If you can leave it for an hour, better.
5. While the stuffed pasta dough remains, we can prepare the spinach and ricotta filling. We have chosen these ingredients, but you can also make a mushroom-based filling, for example.
6. To make the pasta filling, place the cheese with the spinach in the blender glass and blend these ingredients well. Then, we transfer the mixture to a bowl and add salt, pepper and garlic powder.
7. Tip:If you want to give it an extra touch of flavor, add nutmeg.

1. When the dough has rested long enough, we remove the plastic wrap and roll it out with the help of a rolling pin. Then, we cut equal circles, about 5-6 cm in diameter. If you prefer, you can make the stuffed pasta smaller.
2. We place a little filling in one of the halves of each pasta circle, close to form a half moon and seal the edges with the tips of a fork. In this way, the stuffed pasta will have a shape similar to that of an empanada. Then, we boil the pasta in a pot with hot water, a little olive oil and salt. Fresh pasta cooks very quickly, so you’ll need to be vigilant.
3. When the homemade stuffed pasta is ready, we drain it, put it under cold water to cut the cooking and reserve it while we make the pesto sauce. For the sauce, all we have to do is blend all the ingredients.
4. Tip: If you have leftover pesto sauce, save it for other recipes in the fridge.
5. Take a large, deep frying pan, heat the sauce and, when hot, add the stuffed pasta and mix well. This step should not take long, since what we want is to mix the pasta with the sauce, nothing more. We serve the pasta stuffed with pesto accompanied by a green salad and that’s it. Good appetite!