Ravioli with Rosemary Mushroom Sauce, makes me hungry just thinking about it!  You may have heard about our epic dinner party this week, and if you haven’t, trust me you will, as we plan to explore the art of the dinner party in a blog post coming up soon.  This was an old fashioned dinner party, complete with eight plated courses.  Six guests (plus Holly and I), sitting at a large table, enjoying a delicious food experience.  The dinner party is an art that it is high time we resurrect! (The complete dinner party menu is up on Twitter-so if you are unable to wait, you can check it out @withtwospoons)

As Holly and I were going over plans for this dinner party, we decided we wanted to serve a pasta dish before our main course.  What to do, what to do?  Preferrably, something not too difficult.  We really wanted the course to look elegant.  The pasta had to taste exceptional.  That is when a ravioli presented with a simple sauce rose to the top of the list.  Unfortunately the first recipe I tried did not work as written and we didn’t have much time to figure something else out.  We had to take a leap of faith and stick to what we knew-wine and butter.  Turns out, sometimes, out of the simplest ingredients, comes the most divine flavor!  And thus Ravioli with Rosemary Mushroom Sauce was born!

Not only was this simple to make, we also found you could stick the sauce in a small crock pot, set it on low (or even warm), and serve it when the time was right-perfect for a multi-course dinner.  Topped with some parmesan cheese and a garnish of rosemary, this ravioli received high praise at our dinner party.  I promise you this one is truly simple and quick to make.  Hmmm…might even make a nice dinner for Valentine’s Day!

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Ravioli with Rosemary Mushroom Sauce

This Ravioli with Rosemary Mushroom Sauce is both tasty and beautiful. This recipe can be easily split in half for serving to a smaller group.

Course Pasta

Servings 8 -10 servings (appetizer size)

Author Adapted from a recipe found on The Chew

Ingredients

• 2 pounds cheese ravioli
• 8 Tablespoons butter divided
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 2 8- ounce containers of fresh cremini mushrooms chopped into small bite site pieces
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus extra for seasoning if needed
• 2 shallots sliced
• 5 cloves of garlic minced
• 1 cup of white wine
• 3 Sprigs of rosemary
• grated parmesan cheese for garnish
• shaved parmesan cheese for garnish
• 8 tips of rosemary sprigs approximately 1 inch pieces for garnish

Instructions

1. Start water boiling water for pasta in a deep pot. Add salt to pasta water (optional).
2. Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat.
3. Melt 4 Tablespoons of butter in hot pan.
4. Saute mushrooms and salt in the melted butter and olive oil for approximately 3 minutes
5. Add rosemary sprigs, shallots and garlic to mushrooms and sauté until shallots are soft, approximately 5 minutes.
6. Add wine and reduce until wine is reduced to 1/4 cup.
7. While wine is reducing, add pasta to boiling water and simmer according to directions on ravioli package.
8. Drain ravioli and keep warm.
9. After wine is almost fully reduced (to a 1/4 cup or less), remove mushroom mixture from heat.
10. Taste and add salt if needed.
11. Remove rosemary sprigs from mixture.
12. Add remaining 4 Tablespoons of butter and allow to melt.
13. Place desired amount of ravioli on a plate (or in a bowl), add a spoonful of rosemary mushroom sauce, garnish with a sprinkle of grated parmesan, a few shreds of shaved parmesan, and the tip of a rosemary sprig.
14. Serve and enjoy!