Ravioli Soup Recipe - Ravioli in a Ground Beef and Tomato Soup (2024)

FAQs

Can I use ravioli instead of tortellini in soup? ›

We use cheese ravioli in this soup recipe to keep it vegetarian, but you can also use a meat-filled ravioli. Or, swap the ravioli entirely and use fresh cheese- or meat-filled tortellini instead. Tortellini are more delicate than ravioli, so be sure to stir gently to avoid breaking them apart.

Yes, you can cook ravioli, frozen or fresh, directly in your simmering pasta sauce. Test your pasta after 3-4 minutes of cooking to see if done. Tip – If you have a large quantity of ravioli you can cook you ravioli in batches to ensure even cooking.

No. Ravioli is the generic name of all kinds of stuffed fresh pasta. Tortellini are a specific form of small ravioli from bologna, made with a meat stuffing, closed in the form of a small hat and voiled and served in meat (beef and chicken) stock.

To ensure you get it just right, make sure the soup is nearly cooked before adding the pasta. Smaller pasta shapes soak up broth readily so ensure you serve the soup as soon as it's cooked. Alternatively, you could cook the pasta separately and add to the soup at the last moment.

Conversation. What's the difference between "ravioli" and "raviolo"? Ravioli are small squares of pasta, like the ones you're probably already familiar with. A raviolo is a single, large piece that is served as its own dish, like our Pork Shoulder Raviolo!

Can you stuff ravioli with raw meat? Because the pasta cooks quickly, meat fillings must be pre-cooked before you stuff them into ravioli.

Once the pasta is in the sauce, add pasta water. This is the most vital step in the process. Starchy pasta water doesn't just help thin the sauce to the right consistency; it also helps it cling to the pasta better and emulsify with the fat and cheese you're going to be adding.

Do Not Rinse. Pasta should never, ever be rinsed for a warm dish. The starch in the water is what helps the sauce adhere to your pasta. The only time you should ever rinse your pasta is when you are going to use it in a cold dish like a pasta salad or when you are not going to use it immediately.

This means using at least 12 ravioli per person. So, if you're making ravioli for a group of 4 people, buy enough ingredients to make 1 kg of them. You'll find the right amounts in the recipe card below.

Some parmesan on top and a leaf or two of sage. In some rare cases ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach can be served also with tomato sauce. A good italian homemade tomato sauce.

Do Italians put meat in ravioli? ›

Italian ravioli is a delicious dish made with a variety of fillings, including meat, cheese, and vegetables.

Ravioli are square and tortellini are ring shaped, but both make for hearty meals and are filled with cheese, meat, and more.

Ravioli vs Tortellini: the fillings and sauces

Traditionally, ravioli generally featured a vegetable filling with meat, cheese and egg playing a secondary role. The result was more delicate than tortellini that were most often filled with meat, eggs and cheese.

This soup is a great opportunity to clean out the veggie drawer, so feel free to substitute or add in lots of different vegetables. Bell pepper, zucchini, green beans, and mushrooms would all work well in this soup. If you don't have tortellini, you can use another pasta of your choice, mini ravioli, or even gnocchi.

10. Cappelletti: This popular pasta of the Emiglia-Romagna region resembles tortellini and is typically stuffed with meat, folded, and pinched together. Cappelletti, which translates to “l*ttle hats,” most traditionally appears in a beef or chicken broth.

Sure. Make the soup, cook the pasta as usual, and add it to the soup. Sometimes you can cook the pasta in the soup - look at recipes for pasta e fa*gioli.