...well...I didn't cook with Julia this week...but I did make an utterly delicious vegan pasta...totally fresh and homemade...
...there's a lot of vegan pasta out there...but I wanted to make a filled pasta...a sort of ravioli/tortellini filled with vegan cheese...
...and since I had seen pasta made with egg before...I just set out to make an egg free version...
...I gathered some ingredients...flour, salt, soymilk and oil...and made a little 'well' in the flour...
...and defrosted some
flax seed goo from the freezer...and mixed the liquid ingredients together...
...and poured that into the flour...
...and then just mixed with my hands...
...until a nice dough formed...
...and then I kneaded it for a few minutes...
...until it was smooth and elastic...
...formed it into a log...
...wrapped it in plastic...
...and let it rest while I made some tofu ricotta...I crumbled up some firm tofu...
...and I used
this recipe from Happy Herbivore...
...I think it made too much 'ricotta'...but it tasted awesome...
...then I unwrapped the fresh pasta...
...and just pinched off sections and rolled them out...
...got out my little potsticker maker...
...dipped my finger in some water and ran that along the edge to seal...
...put a scant teaspoon of tofu ricotta filling in the middle...
...sealed it up and trimmed the excess...
...and then out popped the cutest little vegan ravioli...
...then I just repeated the process...
...the only problem I had was putting too much filling in...
...you don't want to overstuff the pastas...although it's somehow tempting to do so...
...see that one on the bottom left...I had to patch it a bit because it was overstuffed and split open...
...and I was right...too much tofu ricotta...that's fine though...it'll be a perfect salad topping too...
...then I made some
VEGAN CHAMPIGNONS SAUTÉS AU BEURRE...
...and some
vegan spaghetti sauce...
...cooked the pasta...
...just a few at a time...so they don't stick together...
...four ravioli make a good sized serving...
...topped with sauce and mushrooms...
...and served with salad bread and red wine...
...although it took quite a bit of time to make...it was definitely worth every minute...it was so delicious...
Vegan Pasta
1 2/3 cup flour
1/3 cup of
flax seed goo
1/3 cup of soy milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp oil
...mix liquid ingredients...and mix salt with flour...then make a well in the flour...and pour in the liquid...mix with hands until dough forms...then knead for several minutes until smooth and elastic...wrap in plastic and let rest for 30 minutes or so...then unwrap and shape however you want...I made ravioli...but I think I'll do it again and make something much simpler...like just roll it out and cut it into strips for some fresh homemade linguini...
...I hope you try some homemade fresh vegan pasta...
~Have a lovely day!
Looks really delicious.
ReplyDeletewow, that is the cutest pasta i believe i've ever seen!! you make it all look so easy!
ReplyDeletelove, k
And your little devise is cute too. Your recipe does look delicious. MOM
ReplyDeleteWOW! I must find time to do this this week!
ReplyDeleteI need to make more vegan pasta at home, this is really delicious.
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