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Salvatore’s Pasta Masterclass – Fillings & Sauces Recipes

We hope you loved your cookery class. You’ll find your recipes below, ready to bring to life and enjoy all over again.

  • Crab and Smoked Haddock Raviolo
  • Quadretti Pasta
  • Spaghetti

Crab and Smoked Haddock Raviolo

Course: Starter
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

For the Royal Pasta Dough

  • 135 g Semolina Rimacinata
  • 135 g 00 flour
  • 180 g Egg yolk
  • 20 g Egg white
  • Sea salt pinch to taste

For the Parsley and Rocket Sauce

  • 85 g Fresh Parsley leaves only
  • 15 g Rocket
  • 4 clove Garlic
  • 1 Onion sliced
  • 2 Anchovies
  • ½ Lemon juice only
  • 3 tbsp Olive oil
  • 50 ml Double cream
  • 20 ml Fish stock

For the Raviolo Filling

  • 50 g Smoked haddock
  • 35 g Crab meat
  • 90 g Parmesan grated
  • 20 g Frozen peas
  • 2 Fresh mint
  • 1/4 Lemon 1/2 tsp zest
  • 15 ml Olive oil
  • 1/4 Lemon 1/4 tsp juice
  • Sea salt to taste
  • Cracked black pepper to taste

For the Spring Vegetables

  • 2 Asparagus spears
  • 20 g Frozen peas
  • 15 g Samphire
  • 15 g Pea shoots
  • ½ Courgette thinly sliced
  • 15 g Baby spinach
  • 15 g Sorrel
  • 15 g Butter
  • 1 Lemon
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Parsley finely chopped
  • 1 Spring onion sliced
  • 1 clove Garlic sliced
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil

Method

  • Begin with the pasta dough. Mix the semolina, 00 flour, egg yolk, egg white and sea salt until a dough forms.
  • Knead until smooth, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Heat a little olive oil in a pan and gently cook the smoked haddock until just soft. Leave to cool slightly.
  • To make the filling, pulse the peas, mint, lemon zest, olive oil and a pinch of sea salt in a blender until coarse.
  • Transfer to a bowl and mix with the smoked haddock, crab meat, parmesan, lemon juice and cracked black pepper.
  • Spoon or pipe the filling into a piping bag and chill.
  • Divide the pasta dough into portions, keeping unused dough covered.
  • Roll through a pasta machine, reducing the thickness gradually until thin sheets are achieved.
  • Cut into rounds. Pipe filling into the centre of half the rounds.
  • Top with another pasta round, pressing out any trapped air and sealing the edges well.
  • Place onto a tray dusted with semolina or flour.
  • Blanch the asparagus and peas in salted boiling water for 1 minute, then refresh in iced water.
  • Heat the olive oil in a pan and gently cook the onion and garlic with a pinch of sea salt.
  • Add the anchovy, fish stock and double cream. Simmer for 5–6 minutes.
  • Transfer to a blender with the parsley and rocket, then blend until smooth.
  • Pass through a sieve and season with lemon juice and sea salt to taste.
  • Cook the raviolo in salted boiling water for 4–5 minutes, then drain carefully.
  • Warm the spring vegetables gently in butter.
  • Spoon the sauce into bowls, top with the raviolo and arrange the vegetables around.
  • Finish with olive oil and pea shoots before serving.

Quadretti Pasta with a puttanesca dressing, rocket and pecorino cheese

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 80 g Fresh pasta dough
  • 15 g Anchovies
  • 25 g Fresh Parsley
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil to drizzle
  • 1 tbsp Vegetable oil for cooking
  • 200 g Peeled plum tomatoes tin
  • 45 g Capers
  • 100 g Black olives
  • 1 Red chilli
  • 50 g Radicchio
  • 50 g Watercress
  • 25 g Pecorino Romano shavings
  • 1 tsp Balsamic glaze

Method

  • Remove the rested pasta dough from the fridge and roll through a pasta machine into a long thin sheet.
  • Cut the pasta sheet in half lengthways and keep one half covered with a tea towel to prevent it drying out.
  • Lightly brush the reserved sheet with water.
  • Cut the pasta into small squares and place onto a tray dusted lightly with flour.
  • Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta until al dente.
  • Drain well, drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil and leave to cool slightly.
  • Rinse the capers under cold water, dry well and roughly chop.
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a pan over a medium heat.
  • Add the garlic, fresh chilli and half of the anchovies. Cook gently, stirring until the anchovies dissolve into the oil.
  • Leave to cool slightly, then stir through the peeled plum tomatoes, black olives and capers.
  • Toss the pasta with the radicchio, watercress and puttanesca dressing.
  • Finish with the remaining anchovies, pecorino shavings, fresh parsley and balsamic reduction.

Spaghetti Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 100 g Fresh spaghetti
  • 30 ml Vegetable oil for frying
  • 1 clove Garlic minced or grated
  • ½ Red chilli chopped
  • 70 g Plum tomatoes chopped
  • Sea salt to taste

Method

  • Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the fresh spaghetti for 5–6 minutes until al dente.
  • Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan over a low-medium heat.
  • Add the garlic and red chilli, cooking gently without allowing them to colour.
  • Stir through the chopped plum tomatoes and cook for 4–5 minutes until softened.
  • Transfer the cooked spaghetti directly into the sauce using tongs.
  • Toss well to coat the pasta evenly and season with sea salt before serving.

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