homemade ravioli filled with sun dried tomatoes and boursin.

 

as you may have noticed - i'm really getting into pasta making lately. my pasta machine really has been one of the best christmas gifts i've ever received! i've been getting my friends into it making it with me too - which is really fun even if it does test their patience a little :)

so my boyfriend and i decided to have a go at making homemade ravioli - i have to give credit to him that he thought of the sun dried tomato and boursin cheese filling which worked really well.

begin by making the homemade pasta dough as in this post - we used 200g pasta flour and 2 eggs which i find makes 2 portions. then fill with your favourite ingredients like so...

 

homemade vegan pasta.

wow well this was yummy... and i have to give credit to my friend amelia for her amazing vegan pesto, veg and potato pasta recipe :) i've done homemade pasta before since my lovely granny bought me a pasta machine for christmas. however, this was my first go at "vegan pasta" too which involved using water and olive oil instead of egg.

pesto and mozzarella chicken.

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♥ a breast of chicken per person

♥ two teaspoons of red pesto

♥ a mozzarella ball

♥ fresh garlic
♥ a knob of butter

♥ vegetables to serve, or alternatively a ciabatta bun

begin by making the marinade. this is simply made up of a few spoonfuls of pesto per breast and finely chopped garlic.

butterfly your chicken breast/s. this makes it easier to pan fry and also, as in my picture, could make it into an attractive valentine's treat. prick the chicken so that it will take in the flavour as much as possible. place your chicken into the pesto mixture and make sure it is well coated. leave for up to half an hour in the fridge, the longer left the better.

next, pan fry the chicken on a low heat as not to let the pesto burn. whilst keeping a watchful eye on the chicken, slice the mozzarella into cm thick discs.

after around 10 minutes, when the chicken is golden and almost ready, place the mozzarella on top of the breasts and allow to melt.

when melted, plate up and enjoy. if it makes it that far.

again, apologies for the rubbish picture on my phone! x