Here is a easy butternut squash ravioli recipe. I had some squash in the pantry yet and wanted to use some of them up. I love these things, easy to grow and store great, I think people underestimate the lonely squash 🙁
I peeled them and and cut them in half
and removed the pulp and seeds
I chopped them up
and melted a slab of butter
and dumped in the squash to saute it
hmm wat do
pumpkin and squash is a natural anti-parasitic for chickens, besides they will eat just about anything, so I took it out to my girls
I was blown away by the sunset as I was walking back to the house, sometimes you just got to stop and look at the sky
anyways, back to our story, I had saved the bacon drippings from the breakfast i had made the night before, so I threw some garlic in it and turned it on low to heat up
while I was in the chicken coop, I snagged some eggs
and made a hollow in the middle of the flour and cracked the eggs into it
I whisked up the pasta dough
the squash was all done cooking
I dumped it in a bowl and added a 1/4 cup of honey
I broke out the hand mixer
and pureed it up
I cut a quarter of the dough and rolled it out
and grabbed my ravioli maker
I draped the dough over the form
I took the press and formed the ravioli
I put a small spoonfull of squash in each one
and laid another sheet of pasta on top
using a rolling pin, you want to roll the top with pressure back and forth till you see the grooves of the form showing through
trim the excess, this goes in with the dough set aside to be reused
flip the form over and gently press them out, you can use a knife to cut apart any that are sticking
flour a pan so they don’t stick
and repeat the process, I was able to get 36 portions
I got a pan of water boiling and set about a dozen in the water
after several minutes, they will start to float and remove them and strain them
since water and grease don’t mix, I gently set 5 in the middle of the pan that has a higher point that doesn’t have a lot of grease on it and fry up 5 pieces
once they stop popping, I slide them to the outer edge of the pan flipping them and set 5 more in the middle, and just continue the process
after they start browning, I pull them out of the pan and drain them on paper towels
a little salt and pepper and your good to go