Mushroom Ravioli Recipe: Homemade Pasta with Duxelles Filling

Homemade mushroom ravioli is one of those projects that looks fussy on paper but rewards you the moment you cut into the first pillow. The filling is essentially a concentrated mushroom duxelles bound with cheese, sealed inside fresh egg pasta, and served with a sauce that does not fight the mushrooms. Total active time is about 90 minutes, most of which is hands-on rolling and shaping with a glass of wine nearby.

This recipe makes around 30 to 36 ravioli, serving 4 generously. You can halve it, you can double it, you can freeze the extras. The filling and dough both keep, so the project can stretch across two days.

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Three pieces have to work together: the dough, the filling, and the sauce. Get any one of them right and the ravioli is good. Get all three right and you have a dinner you will dream about.

The dough is classic Italian egg pasta: flour, eggs, a little oil, a pinch of salt. Nothing fancy. The filling is a finely chopped mushroom duxelles enriched with ricotta and parmesan. The sauce is a brown-butter sage with a splash of pasta water and lemon, which lets the mushrooms speak.

Ingredients

For the pasta dough

• 2 cups (260g) "00" flour or all-purpose, plus more for dusting
• 3 large eggs plus 1 yolk
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt

For the mushroom filling

• 1 lb mixed mushrooms, finely chopped (cremini, shiitake, lion's mane all work)
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 small shallot, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
• 2 tbsp dry white wine or sherry
• 1/2 cup whole-milk ricotta
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan
• 1 egg yolk
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Salt and black pepper to taste

For the brown-butter sage sauce

• 6 tbsp unsalted butter
• 12 fresh sage leaves
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1/4 cup reserved pasta water
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan, plus more to serve
• Cracked black pepper

Step 1: Make the dough

1. Mound the flour on a clean surface and make a well in the center. Crack the eggs, add the yolk, oil, and salt into the well.
2. With a fork, beat the eggs and slowly pull flour in from the inside wall of the well. Once a shaggy dough forms, switch to your hands.
3. Knead 8 to 10 minutes until smooth, elastic, and slightly tacky. If it feels dry, wet your hands. If it feels sticky, dust with flour.
4. Wrap tightly in plastic and rest at room temperature 30 minutes. This relaxes the gluten and makes rolling easier.

Step 2: Make the filling

The key to a clean ravioli filling is moisture control. Wet filling tears the pasta and leaks during boiling.

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1. Pulse the mushrooms in a food processor in batches until they look like coarse couscous. Do not puree.
2. Melt butter in a wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms, spread them out, and cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. They will release water, then it will evaporate and the mushrooms will start to brown.
3. Add shallot, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook 3 minutes more.
4. Pour in the wine. Cook 1 minute until evaporated. The mixture should look dry, dark, and concentrated.
5. Cool completely. This step is non-negotiable. Hot filling will cook the egg yolk and weep liquid into the dough.
6. Once cool, fold in ricotta, parmesan, egg yolk, nutmeg, and additional salt and pepper. Taste, adjust.

Step 3: Roll and shape

1. Cut the rested dough into 4 pieces. Keep the unused pieces under plastic so they do not dry out.
2. Flatten one piece to about 1/4 inch. Run it through the widest setting of a pasta roller. Fold in thirds and pass through again. Repeat 3 to 4 times to develop the dough.
3. Without folding, run the dough through progressively narrower settings, dusting with flour each pass, until you reach the second-thinnest setting. You should be able to see your hand through the pasta.
4. Lay the sheet flat. Drop heaping teaspoons of filling 1.5 inches apart along the bottom half.
5. Brush water lightly around each mound of filling. Fold the top of the sheet over, then press around each mound from the inside out, pushing out air pockets.
6. Cut into squares with a fluted wheel or knife. Place finished ravioli on a parchment-lined, flour-dusted tray. Do not let them touch.

Step 4: Cook and sauce

1. Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a gentle boil. Aggressive boiling tears fresh pasta.
2. While the water heats, melt the butter for the sauce in a wide skillet over medium heat. Cook until the milk solids turn deep golden brown and smell nutty, about 4 minutes. Watch closely.
3. Drop the sage leaves into the butter. They will crisp in 30 seconds. Pull the pan off the heat.
4. Drop the ravioli into the water in batches. Cook 3 to 4 minutes. They float when nearly done, give them 30 seconds more.
5. Transfer ravioli to the skillet with a slotted spoon. Add lemon zest and 1/4 cup pasta water. Swirl the pan to emulsify the butter and water into a glossy sauce.
6. Sprinkle with parmesan and cracked pepper. Serve immediately.

Tips for first-time ravioli makers

• Do not skip the rest. Dough that has not relaxed will spring back and shred when you roll it.
• Work in small batches. Pasta sheets dry out fast. Roll one section, fill and shape, then roll the next.
• Press out the air. Trapped air expands in boiling water and pops your ravioli open.
• Freeze what you do not cook. Lay unbloiled ravioli on a tray, freeze solid (about 2 hours), then transfer to a bag. Boil from frozen, add 90 seconds to cook time.

Variations

Once you have the technique, you can swap in flavors:

• Wild mushroom and truffle: add 1 tsp truffle oil to the cooled filling
• Mushroom and goat cheese: swap ricotta for soft goat cheese
• Mushroom and spinach: fold 1/4 cup squeezed-dry cooked spinach into the filling
• Brown butter and balsamic: finish with a few drops of aged balsamic instead of lemon
• Creamy mushroom sauce: replace brown butter with a simple cream-and-thyme sauce

Pairings and serving

Mushroom ravioli is rich enough to be a main with a simple side. A bitter green salad (arugula, frisee, radicchio) with a lemon dressing cuts the butter beautifully. Wine-wise, a medium-bodied pinot noir, a chardonnay with subtle oak, or a dry rosé all work. Plate 7 to 9 ravioli per person, sauce them at the last second, and bring them to the table while the sage is still crisp.

The recipe takes effort the first time. By the third, you will have a 90-minute pasta night that rivals anything on a restaurant menu, plus the smug satisfaction of having made it yourself.