Ravioli And Broccoli Casserole Recipes

BAKED RAVIOLI WITH CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add diced chicken and cook until slightly browned (about 5-6 minutes). Add in the broccoli florets, garlic, and salt. Cook until broccoli has softened slightly, about 2-3 minutes. Remove chicken and broccoli from skillet and set aside.
• In the same skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk the flour into the butter and cook until the mixture is golden, about 2-3 minutes. Gradually whisk in the milk and bring the mixture to a simmer then stir in 1 cup of mozzarella and all of the parmesan. Let simmer until the cheese has melted and sauce has thickened. Add in the chicken and broccoli mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread a thin layer of sauce onto the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Lay half of the ravioli in a single layer (overlapping slightly if necessary) on the bottom of the baking dish, then top with half of the remaining sauce. Repeat with remaining ravioli and remaining sauce. Top with remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese and bake 25-30 minutes until sauce is bubbly and ravioli are tender.
• If you want a golden top to your dish, broil for 2-3 minutes on high. Let dish sit for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with basil leaves, optional.

RAVIOLI AND BROCCOLI ALFREDO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cook ravioli according to package directions. Keep warm. (After they're cooked, you can brown them in some oil to give them some color, if desired).
• Heat oil in large skillet over Medium-High heat.
• Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add broccoli, mushrooms, red peppers and yellow peppers. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until peppers are starting to get tender.
• Add ravioli and half the jar of Alfredo sauce. Stir to combine.
• Dump the entire mixture into a glass baking dish.
• Pour the rest of the Alfredo sauce over the ravioli mixture and spread it around to cover.
• Sprinkle the Parmesan (or Mozzarella) over the casserole.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cheese melts.
• If you want to brown the cheese, turn the oven to Broil and broil the casserole for 5 minutes. Make sure you watch it so the cheese doesn't burn.

LEMON GARLIC RAVIOLI AND BROCCOLI BAKE

Steps:

• Bring a large of water to a boil. Once boiling, add ravioli and cook according to package directions. When there is about 1 minute and 30 seconds left, add broccoli. Drain and set aside.
• To make the lemon sauce, add butter and olive oil to an oven safe saute pan (you will be putting this pan in the oven later) and place over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for a few minutes, stirring often to make sure garlic doesn't burn. Add pepper, lemon zest, lemon juice and red pepper flakes. Stir and turn off heat.
• Add ravioli, broccoli and parsley to the lemon sauce and stir until everything is well coated.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a bowl. Add bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese and stir. Sprinkle over the top of the pasta and broccoli then place under broiler for 5 minutes. Garnish with lemon wedges.

RAVIOLI ALLA BOBBI

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the ravioli in the boiling water according to the package instructions.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the garlic and onions. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the broccoli and asparagus and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Splash in the broth, then cook until the liquid reduces a bit, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir the cream into the skillet and reduce the heat to a simmer. Stir in the ham, Parmesan and pesto and cook for a couple of minutes to allow the sauce to thicken.
• Drain the ravioli, then add them to the sauce with the tomatoes and toss. Sprinkle with the basil and extra Parmesan before serving. Enjoy.

RAVIOLI AND BROCCOLI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Spoon a little of the spaghetti sauce over the bottom of an 12x8 inch (30x20 cm) baking dish.
• Place half the ravioli on top of the sauce, top with half the remaining sauce and all of the broccoli.
• Add another layer of ravioli and the remaining sauce.
• Sprinkle with the Parmesan and cover tightly with aluminium foil.
• Bake in a preheated 400F (200C) oven until the ravioli are tender and the dish is very hot in the centre, about 40 minutes.
• Serve Immediately

BROCCOLI RABE RAVIOLI WITH PARMIGIANO AND PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Filling:
• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over medium heat. Set a bowl of well-salted ice water on the counter. Add the broccoli rabe and cook for 1 minute, remove the broccoli rabe from the boiling water and plunge it immediately into the salted ice water. Reserve the boiling water to cook the pasta. Once the broccoli rabe has cooled, remove it from the ice water and squeeze out any excess water.
• Finely chop the broccoli rabe (the food processor works really well here) and put it in a large mixing bowl. Add the ricotta, eggs and Parmigiano and season with salt, to taste. Taste for seasoning and adjust, if needed. Put the filling in a pastry bag and reserve.
• Pasta:
• Set the pasta roller on the widest setting (#1). Start with half the pasta dough, keep the other half covered until ready to use. Using your hands, flatten the dough as much as you can to facilitate it going through the pasta roller. Run the dough through the roller, twice dusting it in between rolls if it feels sticky. Fold the dough into thirds and turn it 90 degrees (a quarter turn) and run it through the pasta machine 2 to 3 times. Move the roller to the next setting (#2) and run the pasta through. Dust lightly with flour if the dough feels sticky. Continue to run the dough through the machine reducing the opening (or moving the setting to the next larger number) in between every roll. Stop when you get to the correct thinness, this will usually be around number 5 or 6 on the dial, but every machine is different, you will have to be the judge of your own pasta thickness.
• *Tip: When rolling out pasta dough, always hold the pasta on the tops of your hands- palms down! If you hold it fingers up you will create stretch marks and those are never good!
• To assemble the ravioli:
• Lay out the dough on a flat surface. Brush the lower half of the dough (the part that is closest to you) lightly with water. This is the glue that will hold the ravioli together. Use the glue sparingly, if you use too much the pasta will slide and not stick. Pipe 1-inch balls of filling onto the pasta that has been brushed with water, leaving about 2 inches between each ball. Fold the top half of the pasta down over the filling to meet the bottom edge. Using your index fingers, poke around each filling ball to seal the ravioli shut, AND to make sure that there are no air bubbles. Using a fluted round cutter or a fluted pastry wheel or even a drinking glass, cut out each ravioli. Transfer to a sheet tray dusted with semolina or polenta and reserve until ready to use.
• To cook the ravioli and make the sauce:
• Add the butter to a large saute pan and bring to a medium heat. Add 1 cup of chicken stock and season with salt, to taste. Shake the pan to incorporate the butter and stock and simmer until the stock has reduced a bit and the sauce looks velvety and is the consistency of heavy cream. If the sauce thickens too much, adjust the consistency with chicken stock.
• Add the ravioli to the pot of boiling water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully remove the ravioli from the cooking water and put them immediately into the sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil shaking frequently to be sure that the ravioli dont stick to the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup of Parmigiano and swirl to combine the cheese with the sauce.
• Transfer the ravioli to a serving platter and sprinkle with a little more grated Parmesan. Garnish with chopped pistachios and serve.
• Mangia Bene!

RAVIOLI CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook ravioli according to package directions; drain. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer the ravioli and chicken. Top with mushrooms, green pepper, onion and spaghetti sauce. , Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

RAVIOLI BAKED WITH BROCCOLI AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat broiler or oven to 500 Bring large stockpot of water to a boil.
• Steam broccoli for about 5 minutes until bright green and slightly tender.
• As water heats up to a boil, heat a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add olive oil and chopped garlic, and saute for about 1 minute.
• Next, add drained spinach to the pan, along with the steamed broccoli.
• Toss vegetable well with garlic oil to coat evenly.
• Sauté for about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, remove from the heat into a bowl, and set aside.
• For the sauce: In the same skillet, melt the butter and whisk in the flour into the butter and cook for about 1-2 minutes.
• Add stock, raise heat and bring mixture to a boil, whisking the entire time.
• Slowly whisk in milk and parmesan, and let mixture bubble for about 2 more minutes until thickened.
• Season sauce with nutmeg (if desired) and salt and pepper.
• For the pasta: When pasta water is boiling add salt, stir, and add ravioli.
• Cook for about 4 or 5 minute, until slightly underdone.
• The ravioli will finish cooking with sauce under the broiler.
• Place a thin layer of the white sauce in an oven proof casserole dish.
• Drain ravioli.
• Layer ½ of the ravioli in the baking dish.
• Next add ½ of the broccoli/spinach mixture Add a couple ladles of the sauce to cover this first layer, a little more than half of it.
• Add the rest of the vegetable mixture, then the remaining half of the ravioli.
• Spoon the remaining sauce over the top (a little less than half of it) and top with grated cheese of your choice.
• Place casserole dish under the broiler or in oven about 8 or so inches from the element.
• Broil about 5 minutes until cheese melts and is bubbly and starting to brown.

RAVIOLI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Prepare ravioli according to package directions; drain. Spread 1 cup spaghetti sauce in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with half of the ravioli, 1-1/4 cups sauce, 1 cup cottage cheese and 2 cups mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. , Bake, uncovered, until bubbly, 30-40 minutes. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.