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Amanda McInerney of www.lambsearsandhoney.com

Crispy-Skinned Salmon & Lemon-Ricotta Ravioli with oven-roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Salsa Verde

Make your pasta, then cook the tomatoes while it is resting. Make the salsa verde, then cook the ravioli and the salmon, then serve.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 salmon fillets skin on
  • 300 gms plain flour or Italian "00" flour if available
  • 3 eggs
  • 250 gms fresh ricotta cheese
  • 3 lemons zested
  • 2 punnets cherry tomatoes slow roasted in oven
  • 1 large bunch fresh basil
  • 1 large bunch flat leaf parsley
  • 2 tsp capers
  • 4 anchovies
  • 1 clove garlic
  • juice of one lemon
  • 50 mls olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachio nuts

Method
 

  1. Pasta
  2. Place four, a pinch of salt and eggs in food processor. Pulse until mixture comes together in a ball. Tip onto lightly floured surface and knead briefly until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.
  3. When chilled, roll in a pasta roller until desired thickness, then cut into 8 large rounds of desired size.
  4. Lemon Ricotta
  5. Combine ricotta, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and plenty of ground black pepper. Taste and add a little lemon juice if necessary, but not too much or the filling will be sloppy.
  6. Place a dessertspoon of the filling on one of the pasta circles, moisten edges with a little water and press another circle on top to seal.
  7. Bring a medium sized saucepan of salted water to the boil, reduce heat to simmer and place the ravioli in the simmering water. They will only take 2-3 minutes to cook. Test to see if done by feeling the pasta.
  8. Salsa Verde
  9. Place basil, parsley, capers, garlic, anchovies and lemon juice in a processor and whizz to loosely combine. While motor is running, add the olive oil a drizzle at a time until sauce is desired consistency. Season to taste, adding more lemon juice if a sharper taste is required.
  10. Salmon
  11. Preheat oven to 180C.
  12. Season with salt and pepper and rub lightly with olive oil.
  13. Cut a piece of baking paper to fit the bottom of your fry pan.
  14. Heat pan to medium-hot, place paper in it, then place the salmon skin side down. Check carefully and turn when skin is crispy. Cook for a further minute or two on other side then put pan in the oven and cook for 5-7 minutes until fish is only just cooked.
  15. Place a smear of the salsa verde on the bottom of your plate and put fish on that, add the roasted cherry tomatoes and the ravioli, drizzling with a little extra olive oil and sprinkling the finely chopped pistachios over the ravioli and fish before serving.

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