Butter, almond, sage and honey pasta garnish recipe
A simple and delicious sauce to enhance the flavours of cheese ravioli. You can use unsalted or salted butter depending on your preference.
Cook’s tip: fresh herbs are a vibrant addition to any kitchen and are an important ingredient for home cooks, requiring only simple care to maintain. For this recipe, fresh sage leaves and aromatic spices will give this dish greater depth of flavour.
You can watch Giovanni Rana make this sauce, and learn more about Italian cheese, by watching the video below.
Ingredients
- 250 g cheese ravioli
- 1 tbsp butter
- 100 g unsalted almonds, chopped roughly
- 5 sage leaves
- 1 tsp honey
Details
- Cuisine: Italian
- Recipe Type: Sauce
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 5 mins
- Cooking Time: 5 mins
- Serves: 2
Step-by-step
- Place the cheese ravioli into a large saucepan of boiling salted water and simmer gently for 2 minutes. Gently drain the pasta to preserve its shape.
- Add one tablespoon of artisan butter into a separate frying pan and heat at a low temperature.
- Chop the almonds roughly for a crunchy texture and add to the frying pan for a couple of minutes, then add the sage leaves.
- Add the drained pasta to the frying pan and grind freshly black pepper over the ravioli. Mix the pepper in and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Finally add 1 teaspoon of honey to the frying pan to compliment the savoury cheese flavour.
This recipe was devised by Giovanni Rana.
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