Shrimp Ravioli With A Tomato Vodka Cream Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Ravioli
1 (10 ounce) package wonton wrappers (you want approximately 40-48 wrappers)
1 lb large shrimp (cooked and diced fine)
1/2 lb ricotta cheese (1 cup, if you like it a bit creamier, you can add more ricotta)
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
3 eggs (medium sized, or 2 large or extra large eggs)
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped fine
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
salt
pepper
1 tablespoon butter (to saute the shrimp)
Sauce
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (I happen to like San Marzano, or any good quality crushed or pureed tomatoes)
2/3 cup vodka
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 small onion, fine chopped
3 tablespoons roasted red peppers, fine chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup fresh parsley, fine chopped
3 tablespoons butter
salt
pepper
Garnish
basil, chopped
parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation

Sauce -- Make the sauce first and set to the side. In a medium size pot, add the butter and melt on medium heat, then add in the onion, garlic, roasted red pepper and red pepper flakes and cook until the onions are tender and translucent. Should take about 5 minutes. Then add in the vodka and cook another minute, followed by the tomatoes, heavy cream, parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Just simmer for another five minutes and it is done. This can be done in advance and just heated up, or made at the time you plan to serve the ravioli. It freezes well and will stay 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
Shrimp Filling -- Now I like to get my shrimp steamed right at the grocery store to save time. You can also buy pre-cooked shrimp, which I don't like as much, but they certainly will work for this dish just fine.
The shrimp needs to be very fine chopped which you can do by hand, or if you are me, I just add it to my food processor to get a coarse chop which is so much easier.
Then add the shrimp to a large bowl with the ricotta, parmesan, eggs, garlic, parsley, nutmeg, salt and pepper and mix well.
Ravioli -- Lay out the ravioli and put a small spoon of the filling on top of each ravioli in the center. With you finger or a small brush, brush the edges of the wonton with a little water and then top with the second wonton, and press the sides together and around the center filling so there is no air and the wonton and it is sealed tight. Lay them all out of a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to dry slightly. Now they are ready for cooking. If you want, rather than making a square ravioli, you can easily put the filling on the bottom ravioli and fold over corner to corner to make a triangle. This method will work just as well and will give you about 40 plus triangle shaped ravioli. Either way works just as good as the other.
Cook them right away, or you can freeze them right on the sheet and bag them up and freeze for later. NOTE: If you have any left over filling, add some onions, peppers and make a quesadilla or a grilled shrimp sandwich.
Cook -- In a pot of salted medium boiling water, add the ravioli and cook 3-4 minutes. When they float, they are done. Remember the filling is already cooked, so you are just heating them through. They don't take long.
Serve -- Just top the ravioli with your sauce, some fresh basil and grated parmesan cheese. And ENJOY!
Don't forget the salad and crusty garlic bread!