Cream Cheese Chocolate Ravioli

Out of all the sweet treats I have created over the years my favorite experimentation sessions are turning savory dishes into sweet. However, these type of baking ideas don’t come as frequently as thinking up unusual flavour combinations to experiment with.

I did the other day have ravioli filled with sweet pumpkin and maple syrup which got me thinking of sweet ravioli…chocolate pasta…chocolate ravioli…white chocolate cream cheese filled chocolate pasta ravioli…why not?

Not since my Green Tea and Pistachio Eclairs have I created a savory to sweet dish that is website worthy. Therefore, introducing my Cream Cheese Chocolate ravioli.

Ingredients:

165g plain flour
30g cocoa powder
Pinch salt
40g icing sugar
2 eggs, beaten
15ml olive oil

Filling:

110g white chocolate
170g cream cheese
15g icing sugar
1 egg

Extra:

1 tsn milk
1 tsn oil
30ml cream
40g white chocolate, melted
30g chocolate biscuit crumbs

Method:

Place the flour, cocoa, salt and sugar in a bowl, stir. Make a well in the centre then add the beaten eggs and oil.
Mix with your fingers and knead the dough until smooth, following place the dough in the fridge for 30mins.
Next make filling by whisking the cheese in with electric beaters in a bowl until smooth.
Place the white chocolate in a bowl under a bowl of water on the stove until the chocolate has melted.
Allow the chocolate to slight cool then add to the cheese with the icing sugar and egg and whisk until smooth and creamy.
Place the filling into a piping bag fitted with a circle nozzle.
Cut the pasta into 2 even pieces.
Roll out both pieces on a lightly floured surface until the dough is 3mm thick (or ideally use a pastry machine).
Brush a pasta sheet with the milk.
Pipe small 1 tsn dots of the cheese filling on to the pasta 4cm apart.
Place the second pasta sheet on top of the first and using a ravioli cutter or cookie cutter cut out the ravioli making sure the filling bump is in the middle of the cutter.
Place ravioli pieces on a floured surface and let them dry out for 30mins.
Bring a pot of water with 1 tsn of oil on the stove and bring to the boil.
Once boiling turn the temperature to a simmer and place the ravioli in the water, simmering gently for 5 mins (or until pasta is cooked).
Remove the ravioli with a slotted spatula/spoon and place pieces in serving bowls/plates.
Add the white chocolate to the cream and heat in the microwave on medium in 30 second busts, stirring in between each interval until smooth.
Serve by drizzling the chocolate cream over the ravioli pieces.
Scatter with the chocolate biscuit crumbs and enjoy.