The easiest Valentine’s Day dinner ever – Creamy Tuscan Ravioli. Store-bought ravioli tossed in a garlicky sun-dried tomato cream sauce topped with baby spinach, basil, and parmesan cheese. Ready in less than 30 minutes!
Velvety Tuscan Ravioli. It’ll cause you to feel like you’re in some extravagant schmancy eatery where you paid an excessive lot of cash to eat at, just this time you didn’t, and the parts will really going to top you off! Tuscan sauce – you know the conventional (I utilize the term freely) sun-dried tomato, garlic, and child spinach cream sauce that was circumventing the web combined with both shrimp and chicken?
All things considered, I’m making it much simpler to get that on the table, by utilizing locally acquired ravioli. Yet, that likewise implies that you could thoroughly make this dinner flesh eater cordial by utilizing a chicken or prosciutto stuffed ravioli. Take it in a pescatarian heading by utilizing stuffed lobster ravioli (alright, that would be AMAZING.) And my undisputed top choice (my significant other would absolutely differ when he has the meat alternative) mushroom ravioli, or even spinach and ricotta. I can’t choose.
Let’s face it, around mid-February there are a ton of huge others that get the tingle to cook. I’m not discussing those that contribute and do so consistently. I’m discussing the ones that need to do a little something for their darling. This is such a thing you can thoroughly pull off with bunches of progress since 1.) it’s simple 2.) doesn’t need to include meat, so you spare them from food contamination (consistently an in addition to) 3.) your life partner will absolutely be intrigued with this dish.
Rich Tuscan ravioli is the thing that you get when you squash together Tuscan chicken with ravioli pasta. Tuscan ravioli is simply ravioli (loaded down with pretty much anything you like) threw in a rich Tuscan propelled sun-dried pureed tomatoes. Also, rather than serving pasta as an afterthought (which a many individuals do), we’re adding it straightforwardly to the sauce – such a ton better that way!
The easiest Valentine’s Day dinner ever – Creamy Tuscan Ravioli. Store-bought ravioli tossed in a garlicky sun-dried tomato cream sauce topped with baby spinach, basil, and parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup chicken stock (or vegetable, see notes)
- 1 cup EACH: heavy cream AND fresh baby spinach (packed)
- 2 (9-10 ounce) package of ravioli (see notes)
- ⅓ cup sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil (reserve 1 tablespoon oil)
- Freshly grated parmesan cheese + basil, for topping
Instructions
- BOIL: Bring a large pot of water to boil. Salt the water liberally, then add the ravioli and cook for 1 minute less than package directions, drain and set aside.
- SAUCE: Start on the sauce while the ravioli is boiling. Add the butter and the 1 tablespoon of sun-dried tomato oil to a large sauté pan over medium heat. Once melted, add the garlic and allow for it to cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the onion powder, Italian seasoning, lemon juice, chicken stock, heavy cream, and sun-dried tomatoes to the skillet and allow for it to become smooth and heat through; about 1-2 minutes.
- FINISH: When the ravioli is done, add it to the prepared sauce, stir to combine. The sauce should thicken significantly once the ravioli sits for a minute. Top with spinach, basil, and cover the pan and allow for it to just wilt. Once wilted, stir to combine and top with freshly grated parmesan before serving!
Notes
- if you don’t have stock on hand, you could easily use pasta water to help thin the sauce!
- ravioli flavors that work well with this Tuscan cream sauce: chicken and mushroom, sausage and kale, spinach and mozzarella, lobster or seafood medley, porcini mushroom (a personal fave), spinach and ricotta, and four cheese
