LOBSTER RAVIOLI WITH LOBSTER BROTH

One recipe of Basic pasta dough (one flat sheet for Ravioli) (see page for recipe)

1 whole lobster (steamed) TT salt

TT pepper

1 tsp Cayenne pepper

1 T cream cheese

1 T shallots (finely dice)

1 tsp green onions or scallions (finely sliced)

1 tsp lemon juice

1 T olive oil

1/2 onion

1/2 gallon (for boiling liquid)

1 leek

1 stalk celery

3 cups water (for broth)

1 cup white wine

Makes about 60 ravioli 1/2 inch squares

Begin boiling water

Remove the meat from the lobster and slice very thinly

Place the lobster shell (including head) into a pot add the onion, celery, leek, water, and wine

Simmer for about 30 minutes, strain through cheese cloth then reserve cooking liquid

Heat oil in sauté pan and sauté shallot and green onion until tender

Add sautéed mixture, sliced lobster, salt, pepper, lemon juice and cream cheese into the mixer bowl, using the “V” paddle mix the ingredients until incorporated

Take the mixture and portion the lobster stuffing onto half of the pasta in small piles

Fold the other half of the pasta on top of the stuffing and cut desired shape around the piles

Boil the Lobster ravioli in water

Serve the Lobster ravioli in a shallow bowl with the reserved

broth poured over the ravioli

GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI WITH SAUCE MORNEY

One recipe of Basic pasta dough (flat sheets for Ravioli) (see page 24 for recipe)

1 pint of milk

1/4 onion

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Viking VSM500, VSM700 manual Lobster Ravioli with Lobster Broth, Goat Cheese Ravioli with Sauce Morney

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