Pan fried butternut squash raviloi | Food Production and Preservation | Forums

So yesterday I pulled a butternut squash out of the pantry, I love these things, easy to grow and store great

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

this is the ravioli maker I use

enjoy