Ravioli dolci di Carnevale - fried "ravioli" filled with jam and dusted with icing sugar, a typical Italian sweet eaten during Carnevale.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Italian
Prep Time1hour
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time1hour30minutes
AuthorManuela Zangara
Ingredients
Ravioli Dough
300gms– 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
50gms– 3 ½ tbsp butter
60gms– ¼ cup + 1 tbsp sugar
1egg
60ml– 3 tbsp milk
40ml– 2 tbsp Rhum
Zest of 1 lemon
1tspvanilla extract
1pinchsalt
Filling & Assembling
Jam
Icing sugar
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Instructions
Put all the dough ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and knead well until you have a smooth and elastic dough.
Make it into a ball, wrap it with cling wrap and refrigerate it for 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into smaller pieces and start working with one (keep the remaining dough covered with cling wrap so it doesn’t dry out).
Flatten the piece of dough into a rectangular shape with your hands.
Put a little flour on it and begin passing it through the pasta machine. Turn the dial to the widest setting (#1) and, starting with one of the shorter sides of the rectangle, feed it through the rollers.
Now fold one side of the piece of dough into the middle, then fold the other side over that to form 3 layers.
Starting with one of the narrower sides of the folded dough, feed the dough through the machine, again at the widest setting. Repeat the folding and rolling technique on the widest setting for at least a couple of times.
Now you can start rolling it thinner, by turning the dial to the next narrowest setting (# 2). Roll the dough through the machine without folding the dough between settings. Keep reducing the settings until #5 or #6. If the sheet of dough gets too long, you can cut it in half with a knife.
Now put the filling with a teaspoon on one half of the sheet of dough. Make sure to leave some space in between, like in the pictures.
Fold the other half of the sheet onto the filling and press well all around. Make sure there are no air bubbles inside, or the ravioli will open while cooking and the filling will come out. To seal the dough use a little bit of water or egg white.
Cut around the filling in a squarish shape and remove the excess dough.
Keep the Ravioli on a tray dusted with flour and get ready to fry them!
Fry them in batches in warm vegetable oil.
When golden on both sides, remove them with a slotted spoon and drain them on a plate covered with kitchen paper.
When dry, dust them with icing sugar.
Serve your sweet ravioli lukewarm or at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
Ravioli dolci are best enjoyed on the day they are made.