GOATS€™ CHEESE RAVIOLI, SPICED CAULIFLOWER AND QUAILS€™ EGGS WITH A CAPER AND SULTANA DRESSING
GOATS€™ CHEESE RAVIOLI, SPICED CAULIFLOWER AND QUAILS€™ EGGS WITH A CAPER AND SULTANA DRESSING
GOATS€™ CHEESE RAVIOLI, SPICED CAULIFLOWER AND QUAILS€™ EGGS WITH A CAPER AND SULTANA DRESSING

Ingredients
  • 4 quails’ eggs
  • 500g/1lb 2oz ‘00’ flour
  • plus extra for dusting
  • 4 free-range egg yolks
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • plus extra for cooking
  • 1 free-range egg
  • beaten
  • 225g/8oz soft goats’ cheese
  • broken up
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • pinch ground cumin
  • pinch ground turmeric
  • 1 head cauliflower
  • broken into florets
  • 1 head purple cauliflower
  • broken into florets
  • 1 thyme sprig
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed oil
  • 8 capers
  • roughly chopped
  • 20g/¾oz golden raisins
  • soaked in warm water and drained
  • ½ tbsp finely chopped flatleaf parsley.
  • nasturtium leaves and flowers
  • to garnish
  • watercress leaves
  • to garnish
Directions
  • Cook the quails' eggs in boiling
  • salted water for 3 minutes. Plunge into a bowl of iced water for 3 minutes. Peel and set aside.
  • To make the ravioli
  • put the flour on a work surface and make a well in the centre. Add the egg yolks and oil to the well and gradually incorporate the flour to make a dough. Knead until smooth and wrap in cling film. Allow to rest for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
  • To make the cauliflower
  • mix the oil with the cumin
  • turmeric
  • salt and pepper
  • then rub the mixture all over the cauliflower. Place the florets on a large square piece of kitchen foil. Add the thyme
  • bay and 50ml/2fl oz water.
  • Fold the foil into a parcel by folding the long lengths together and scrunching up the ends. Bake for 20–25 minutes
  • or until the cauliflower is just cooked. Open the parcel and allow the cauliflower to cool
  • reserving the cooking juices.
  • Return to the ravioli. On a lightly floured work surface
  • separate the pasta into two pieces and roll each piece into a very thin rectangle. Brush one rectangle with the beaten egg.
  • Scatter the cheese over the egg-coated pasta sheet in four piles
  • allowing equal space between each pile. Cover with the second sheet of pasta and press down the edges and between the cheese to seal. Cut out four ravioli using a fluted cutter.
  • Bring a pan of salted water with a dash of oil to the boil and cook the ravioli for 2 minutes
  • until all dente.
  • To make the dressing
  • mix together the mustard
  • vinegar
  • oil
  • capers
  • salt
  • pepper and a splash of water. Stir in the sultanas and parsley.
  • Serve the ravioli with the cauliflower
  • with dressing drizzled over
  • garnished with the eggs
  • nasturtium leaves and flowers and watercress leaves.