Vegan Ravioli

VEGAN Ravioli. Homemade. Fresh. Filled with Almond Tofu Ricotta Cheese. Easy to make. Can be frozen for later. Delicious!

This week I came down with a terrible cold. I haven’t been into the office in days because I don’t want to get my coworkers sick. I work in an open-office so germs spread like wildfire. Pair that with the changing season and the rainy, cold days we’ve had lately and it’s a recipe for disaster.

Something that’s not a recipe for disaster though, is this recipe for Vegan Ravioli. Since I was sick this whole week, I didn’t feel like cooking and just wanted something easy and quick. Luckily, we froze half of this batch of Vegan Ravioli and all it took was a quick 4-5 minutes in boiling water to make.

I thought making ravioli would be hard but this recipe is actually super easy. It can be a little time-consuming to cut out and stuff each ravioli and would probably be a little easier if you made square raviolis and just cut the dough straight on with a knife or rolling pizza cutter. However, we wanted the round ravs – maybe next time.

How to Make the Vegan Ravioli Dough:

First, make your dough using a mixture of semolina flour and all-purpose flour. Before you ask, I have not tried a gluten-free version of this and I’m not sure how it would turn out. People usually have good results with the Bob’s 1-1 Gluten-Free Flour but I really don’t know in this case. Semolina flour is coarser than all-purpose flour but if you only have all-purpose and don’t feel like buying semolina, than go ahead and just use the all-purpose only.

Another part of the dough is aquafaba – which is the water that you drain out of a can of chickpeas. I roast chickpeas as a snack all the time and save the water in a tupperware container just in case I need it for a recipe. Roasted chickpeas are the BEST! I’m addicted.

UPDATE:

We have more recently started using a different method for creating consistent and easier raviolis.  We purchased this ravioli maker tray and it’s been AMAZING!

It has allowed us to have identical squares with perfect crimped edges for each ravioli.  Also, it helps to have the dough in the tray when filling each ravioli, because you can fill it up really nicely to have them super stuffed if you like (who wouldn’t)!

If you decide to buy this, just make sure to roll your dough out thin but not too thin and always flour both pieces of the tray to be sure your dough doesn’t stick too much.

For Christmas a few years ago, my mom got us this pasta roller attachment for our Kitchenaid Stand Mixer.  That has made rolling out the pasta sheets a whole lot easier!  The link I provided is for three attachments – the sheet roller, a spaghetti cutter and a fettuccine cutter.  You can purchase the sheet roller for a bit cheaper since all of these appliances can be quite expensive.

We will be updating the recipe and video soon to show this new method, so stay tuned!  As always, if you make this and love it, please comment below or tag us on Instagram @pastabased.

These ravioli are stuffed with our homemade vegan almond tofu ricotta cheese, which is easy to make and tastes amazing. It lends a slight nutty flavor to the ravioli which I found to be the perfect flavor combination. We smothered ours in marinara sauce but using pesto, alfredo, or lemon olive oil would be delicious too. We also topped ours with vegan parmesan.