Step 1

Make your sausage the day before you want to use it so that the seasonings and wine will have time to infuse the pork with flavor

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Cut the pork shoulder into 1/2″ chunks

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In a food processor mince the garlic, salt, pepper and chilies

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Add the pork shoulder and pulse to chop

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When finely chopped, process at full speed and drizzle in the wine

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Blend until the sausage is sticky looking and the fat has begun to emulsify with the wine

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Refrigerate for 24 hours

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Can be eaten fresh within a week or frozen

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Garlic Sausage Ravioli with Rustic Tomato Sauce Recipe By Tammy Kimbler Ingredients: Ravioli Pasta:2 cups semolina flour (or all bread flour) 2 cups bread flour 8 large eggs (best you can get) 2 tbs olive oilRavioli Filling:1/2 batch garlic sausage 1/2 onion, minced 3/4 cup fresh ricotta cheese (see my link for homemade ricotta here!) 1 egg 1/4 c grated parmesan 1/4 c grated Romano salt & pepper to taste Rustic Tomato Sauce:2 quarts tomatoes (preferably home-canned) 1/2 onion 1 carrot 1 celery stalk 2 gloves garlic 3 tbs olive oil 1 tsp oregano salt and pepper to tasteInstructions:For the pasta, mix flours and olive oil with your fingers until crumbly and oil is distributed

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Make a well and crack in the eggs

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Beat eggs with a fork, then stir into the flour mixture

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Pasta will be stiff

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If to stiff, add a few tablespoons of water

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Gather dough together and kneed several minutes until smooth

Step 15

Wrap in plastic and let rest for at least 20 minutes or in the refrigerator up to a day ahead

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For the filling, sauté onion in a little olive oil until soft

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Add garlic sausage and cook through

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Add cooked sausage mixture to a food processor and process until very fine

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Cool

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Blend in fresh ricotta and egg and season with salt and pepper

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Refrigerate until ready to use

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For sauce, mince the vegetables and sauté in olive oil until soft

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Add oregano and tomatoes

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Simmer until thick about 1 hour

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Season to taste with salt and pepper

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May be made ahead and heated before serving

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For the ravioli, roll out the pasta dough out on a well floured table in a big circle, as thin as you can get it without it tearing, about 2 feet around or bigger

Step 28

Spread a 1/3″ layer of filling over half of the dough, leaving a 1/2″ edge clear

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Brush with water or egg wash

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Fold the pasta over top of the filling, gently pressing out the air pockets and sealing the edges, like a giant calzone

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With a ravioli roller or chopstick, press out a grid pattern on your pasta dough making your squares about 1″ square

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Press firmly, but not so hard that you tear the dough

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With a zigzag ravioli cutter, cut out your squares and transfer them to floured cookie sheets to dry slightly

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Makes about 100 ravioli

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To cook the ravioli, bring a big pot of water to boil

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Turn down to a simmer and add about 25 ravioli at a time

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Cook for 7-8 minutes, depending on how thin your pasta ended up

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Thicker pasta takes a bit longer to cook

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Test it about 5 minutes

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I like it just past al dente for ravioli

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Do not boil the water or your ravioli will burst! When done, toss with a little olive oil while you cook the rest

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To serve, place a handful of ravioli in each shallow bowl

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Spoon sauce over ravioli and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and a grind of black pepper

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Ravioli are perfect for the freezer! Place them in a single layer on a tray and freeze

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Once frozen, load them into a ziplock bag with as much air removed as possible

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Cook directly from freezer into simmering water without thawing

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May take an extra minute to cook

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They are the perfect weeknight dinner