Sausage and Cheese Baked Ravioli

Ingredients

• 1 lb mozzarella cheese
• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 1 lb ground Italian sausage
• 8 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 4-8 oz cans of tomato sauce
• 1 TBS onion powder
• 1 TBS garlic powder
• 1/3 cup Italian seasoning

Instructions

Make the pasta –
1. Put the flour into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour.
2. Crack eggs into the flour, pop yolks and mix flour into the eggs in the well using a fork. Then thoroughly combine mixture until you have formed a dough. If it sticky, add small amounts of flour until the desired consistency. If dry and cracking, add small amounts of water until the desired consistency.
3. Roll pasta out using a rolling pin to about 1/8” in thickness and to larger than 5×10”. Trim pasta into a 5×10” rectangle.
4. Slice the rectangle into two sections – 2×10” and 3×10”.
5. Take the 3×10” piece and roll it out longer, making it 3×12”.

Make the Filling –
1. In a medium skillet, cook ground sausage. Remove from heat and cool.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine mozzarella and ricotta cheese.

Making the ravioli –
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly coat baking sheet with olive oil and set aside.
2. Using the 2×10” rectangle of pasta and starting 1” from the edges, begin adding 1TBS of cheese mixture about every 2”. Place some sausage on each mound of cheese.
3. Make an egg wash (1TBS of water per egg, beat together) and brush it between each mound of cheese and sausage and along the edges of the pasta sheet.
4. Carefully lift the 3×12” sheet of pasta and place over other pasta, cheese, and sausage. Press down between each mound, making sure to seal.
5. Using a knife or ravioli cutter, cut in between each mound to create 2” pieces. To finish sealing pieces, use a fork or other crimping tool to push down along the edges of each piece.
6. Place pieces onto baking sheet. Lightly brush the top of the pieces with olive oil.
7. Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.

Making the sauce –
1. In a medium sauce pan, combine the tomato sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.
2. Bring to a light boil. Allow to cool, spread over baked ravioli.