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Gaetano Trovato’s Maine Lobster Ravioli Perfumed with Lemon Sauce and Potatoes

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Gaetano Trovato
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04 Jan 2021
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2 min read

Inspired by the Mediterranean, Italian chef Gaetano Trovato creates delectable contemporary cuisine. This mouth-watering lobster-filled ravioli is the perfect example of his impressive culinary prowess, which shines through his food at 2-Michelin-starred Alforno Ristorante in Siena.

Serves 4

Ingredients

For the Lobster Ravioli Filling

  • 2 x 500 grams blue lobsters
  • 100 grams fillet of sea bass
  • fleur de sel
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 1 sprig lemon thyme
  • 1 tablespoon mascarpone cheese
  • rind of 1/2 a lemon
  • lemon juice to taste

For the Potatoes and Sauce

  • 200 grams potatoes
  • 1 shallot
  • vegetable broth
  • 0.4 grams saffron
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 100 milliliters white wine
  • lemon juice

    For the Pasta

    • 100 grams durum wheat flour
    • 100 grams “00” flour
    • 1 egg yolk
    • 1 whole egg
    • 20 milliliters water

    Method

    For the Pasta

    1. Mix the two flours together with eggs and water until blended.

    For the Potatoes and Sauce

    1. Use some of the potatoes and cut them into 12 small balls.
    2. Bake the balls with vegetable broth and saffron for 10 minutes in a casserole dish.
    3. Finely chop the remaining potatoes.
    4. In another dish, braise on low heat the extra virgin olive oil, shallots and remaining potatoes.
    5. Add the white wine and let evaporate.
    6. Finish cooking with vegetable broth and add the lemon juice to taste.
    7. Blend, sieve and then season with salt.

    For the Lobster Ravioli Filling

    1. Steam the lobster for about 3 minutes, then separate the body from the claws and cut the body into small pieces.
    2. Add the flesh of sea bass and steam for 3 minutes.
    3. Mix lobster and bass with the chopped chives, lemon zest, mascarpone, lemon juice to taste and salt.
    4. Cut small 6×6 cm squares of the pasta.
    5. Brush the edge of each square with some egg white.
    6. Place some of the lobster filling in the centre of each square with a small spoon.
    7. Fold the the four sides of the pastry up and get 12 ravioli.
    8. In boiling salted water, cook the ravioli for 2 minutes.

    Final Prep and Plating

    1. In a mixer, combine the hot potato sauce, a knob of cold butter.
    2. Plate the ravioli with the lobster claw, lobster sauce, potato balls and potato sauce.

     

    Recipe courtesy of Gaetano Trovato of  2-Michelin-starred Arnolfo Ristorante in Siena.

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