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.

