photo & recipe: m. charles
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This Issue : Mint Butternut Squash Ravioli with Lemon Butter, White Eggplant and Salad with Sliced Egg = TOTAL 18.50CHF . Serves 4

Salad:
1 pkg/120g Mixed green salad
1 pkg/ 128g Nuss salad
1 egg omega
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp soja sauce
1/2tsp thai chili sauce

  • 1. Boil egg until hard. Peel when cool and set aside.
  • 2. Mix salads together in a large salad bowl.
  • 3. Mix olive oil, soja sauce and thai chili sauce together and pour over salad.
  • 4. Mix salad again.
  • 5. Slice hard boiled egg on top and serve.

  • Ravioli
    1 pkg/ 250g of Wanton skin
    1lb Butternut squash
    100g Mint (stems cut)
    1 Lemon
    1 Red onion (chopped)
    2 cloves garlic (crushed)
    2 tblspn butter
    1 omega egg
    1 pkg/200g White eggplant
    1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1. Pre heat oven to 225°C
  • 2. Cut butternut squash in half and remove seeds. Place tspn of butter in well of each half of squash.
  • 3. Place squash on baking tray with ? cup water and cover with tinfoil.
  • 4. Place tray in oven for 45-60 mins. After 30 mins, remove foil and let bake until golden brown.
  • 5. Remove squash from oven and let it cool until it s no longer hot.
  • 6. Place olive oil in hot pan. Add onions and garlic and cook until brown. Remove from heat.
  • 7. Scoop out squash into processor.
  • 8. Add onion mixture, zimt, nutmeg, mint, coarse salt and pepper to squash in food processor. Puree until desired texture.
  • 9. Place wanton skins on a baking paper. Cut each skin in half. (OPTIONAL: you can use a cookie cutter to cut ravioli into desired shape)
  • 10. Place a tsp of puree in the center of the wanton square.
  • 11. Brush beaten egg on the edge of half wanton skin.
  • 12. Fold skin and gently press egdes together sealing purre in.
  • 13. In batches of 12, place ravioli in boiling water until they float to the top (approx. 1min). Strain.
  • 14. Melt butter and add lemon juice to melted butter. Stir.
  • 15. Pour butter over ravioli and serve.

  • White eggplant
  • 1. Cut white eggplants in half.
  • 2. Sautee seed side down in oil until light brown around the edges. Do the same on the other side.
  • 3. Place on paper towel to remove excess oil, then serve.

  • VINI VERGANI recommends: Sicilia IGT Salgalaluna 2007,
    Producer: Miceli, Sciacca 100% Grillo
    Degustation notes: Bright color of golden yellow. Scent of blossoms, bananas and kiwi. Dry flavor but fruit pointed; Fresh, feisty and rich in nuances.