Naked Ravioli (Malfatti)

Ingredients:
1 tub(16 oz)  Ricotta Cheese
1 (10 oz)       Frozen Spinach
2                   Eggs
1/2 cup         Quick Cooking Oats
1/4 cup         Wheat Bran
1/4 cup         Fresh Mozzarella, cubed into tiny pieces
1/2 tbsp        Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

*Bring water to boil, while waiting for water to boil proceed with the follwing
1) Place Ricotta Cheese on a cheese cloth squeeze as much water as possible.
2) Transfer ricotta cheese to a big bowl, and mix it with the two eggs
3) Thaw frozen spinach (4 minutes in microwave on high), let it cool a little bit
4) Transfer frozen spinach to cheese cloth, and squeeze as much water as possible
5) Add spinach to the ricotta cheese mixture
6) Add Quick Cooking Oats, Wheat Bran, and Fresh Mozzarella, salt & pepper to the spinach & ricotta cheese mixture. Blends everything well.
7) Shape the mixture into balls (Freeze any leftover balls. They can be cooked the same way as the fresh ones, just a little longer The frozen ones didn't hold their shapes when boiled :-(
8) Once the water is boiling, add the balls into the water.
9) They are ready once they are floating; remove and serve with pasta sauce immediately

Link to original The Silver Linings Saga blogpost refering to this dish:

• Naked! posted on 4/22/2010