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Directions:Sauce: Brown meat, add all chopped vegetables and sauté together for 15 minutes. Add tomatoes sauce water and seasoning. Simmer together until thick. This makes a large amount, may be frozen for use later.
Dough: Mix flour and salt together in large bowl. Beat eggs in separate bowl, add water and oil mix well. Place flour on large flat surface (table), make a well in the middle of flour. Pour egg mixture into the well and start mixing in flour,bringing flour in from the sides as you mix. Dough should be stiff. Knead dough until smooth and set aside for an hour or longer before using.
Filling: Cook meat ahead, allow to cool. Put meat spinach, onions, celery, parsley through meat grinder. Mix meat mixture together with cheese, bread crumbs salt and pepper. Add eggs and mix well.
Making Ravioli's Divide dough into fourths, take one section of dough and put through pasta machine #2, continue to put through machine up to #6 . At this point you can lay dough sheet on ravioli mold, fill with 1 scant tsp of filling and place a second sheet on top. Using a rolling pin, roll over the top to seal and cut rav's. Place on cookie sheet and freeze. After frozen, place in plastic freezer bag and store in freezer until ready to use. When ready to use have a large kettle of boiling water ready. Add salt drop ravioli into boiling water, cook until dough is tender, drain and arrange in baking dish, layering ravioli and sauce, Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, and bake in oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. |