Ravioli With Creamy Tomato Sauce
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1⁄2 lbs spinach ravioli or 1 1/2 lbs tortellini
- 1 cup marinara sauce, purchased
- 1⁄2 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
directions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Add about 1/4 cup olive oil to the water to help prevent pasta from sticking.
- Add the ravioli and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Drain the ravioli, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
- Toss the ravioli with the remaining oil to coat.
- Meanwhile, bring the marinara sauce to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking often.
- Whisk in the ricotta and enough reserved cooking water to thin the sauce to desired consistency.
- For a thicker sauce, use less pasta water; for a thinner sauce, add more water.
- Return the sauce to a simmer and season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
- Spoon 3 tablespoons of sauce over the bottom of each of 6 bowls. Arrange the ravioli over the sauce. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the ravioli. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and the basil, and serve.
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abloom69
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