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Cheese Ravioli with Mini Veal Meatballs and Creamy Tomato Sauce

Serve our favorite Cheese Ravioli & Meatballs topped with creamy tomato sauce. SKU #41321
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Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, main dish, Side Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

Meatballs:

  • 1 Lb Veal ground
  • 1 Whole Egg
  • 1 Cup Ciabatta Bread crust removed, small diced
  • ½ Cup Whole Milk
  • 1 TSP Garlic minced
  • 1 TBSP White Onion minced
  • ¼ Cup Parsley chopped
  • 2 TBSP Parmesan Cheese
  • 1 TSP Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1 TSP Salt
  • ¼ TSP Black Pepper
  • ¼ TSP Tumeric
  • ¼ TSP Dry Mustard
  • 3 TBSP Grapeseed Oil

Cherry Tomato Cream Sauce:

  • 2 14 oz Canned Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1 TSP Garlic minced
  • ½ Cup White Onion ¼" dice
  • 1 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 TBSP Basil fresh, chopped
  • 4 TBSP Heavy Cream
  • ⅛ TSP Black Pepper

Finishing Ingredients:

  • 32 Pieces Cheese Ravioli 41321
  • 2 TBSP Parmesan Cheese grated
  • 4 Basil Leaves fresh torn

Instructions
 

Meatballs:

  • Combine the diced ciabatta and whole milk in a small bowl and allow to sit. 
  • In a mixing bowl add all the veal meatball ingredients and mix well.  Form meatballs into mini meatballs for this dish (about 1 TBSP of meatball mix). 
  • Heat a non-stick 10-12" sauté pan over medium heat and add 3 Tbsp grapeseed oil (or vegetable oil). Pan sear the formed meatballs until lightly browned on all sides.
  • Drain the seared meatballs on paper towels to remove excess fat.

Cherry Tomato Cream Sauce:

  • Heat extra virgin olive oil, garlic and onion in a small sauce pan. Cook for 60 seconds until fragrant.
  • Add 2 cans of cherry tomatoes and simmer the sauce for 20 minutes.
  • Finish the sauce with heavy cream, basil, salt and pepper.

Ravioli:

  • Bring 4 qt. of water to a boil.  Add the ravioli and cook for 3-4 minutes or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees. 

To Serve:

  • Add the meatballs to the cherry tomato cream sauce and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Arrange 8 pieces of Cheese Ravioli on each dinner plate.
  • Top with 5 meatballs and ½ Cup of sauce.
  • Garnish with Parmesan cheese and fresh torn basil.
Keyword 41321, Cheese Ravioli, meatballs, Regular Square, tomato sauce
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