italian ravioli with melon and smoked trout

Insalata di ravioli in arancio e verde

Ravioli salad with trout & melon Our original home cooking

Ravioli salad is a cold summer dish, ideal when it's hot! It's an exclusive recipe of ours.
In this case ravioli are dressed with smoked trout fillets and melon in a perfect combination of green and orange colors. Besides you will need chives and extra virgin olive oil. Here's the recipe!

Ravioli salad with smoked trout and melon — Ravioli salad (insalata di pasta) with smoked trout and melon

yeld for 2

250 g (8 3/4oz) ricotta & spinach ravioli
Half a melon (about g 700 - 1lb and 8 3/4oz)
100 g (3 1/2oz) smoked trout fillets
A little bunch fresh chives, chopped
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt

Time:
preparation: 20 minutes
cooking: it depends on ravioli quality
total: about 20 minutes
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 569 (kCal) 29 % GDA (*) - 2380 (kJ)
Protein: 24.8 (g) 50 % GDA
Total fat: 30.2 (g) 44 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 50.2 (g) 19 % GDA
Sugars: 14.7 (g) 17 % GDA

Ravioli salad recipe

Cook ravioli. Cook ravioli following the instructions on the package. Drain and put under cold running water in order to stop cooking. Drain again and pat dry with absorbent kitchen paper with delicacy.

Prepare the trout and melon. Meanwhile cut the trout fillets into strips and put in a large bowl.
Clean melon removing peel and all the seeds and cube its flesh (you can also cut its flesh into little balls as you can see in the photo). Add melon cubes to the bowl. Dress with olive oil and chives. Stir accurately.

The last step. Transfer the ravioli into the bowl and stir with delicacy.
The dish is ready but we suggest to prepare it 1 hour ahead to let all the ingredients flavor.

Note

- Use green ravioli for the best colors if you can find them.
- If you want, you can add some lemon juice.
- You can use less melon for dressing ravioli according to your taste.
- This ravioli salad can be one-plate meal in your daily menu or an important dish in a complete celebration menu. What are other ideal dishes to accompany this ravioli salad for a great celebration menu or an outdoor dinner party?
Read more on our blog.
- This is a typical summer dish but you can also include it planning a buffet in every season since you can find the melon all year.
- What are the most important rules to make a tasty pasta salad? Read more ...

Healthy eating

- Pasta salad is a dish rich in ingredients and so it is necessary to calculate the right amount of everything we use not to exceed calories, fat and sugars.
- Daily menu. Note the amount of calories, fat and protein and the combination of its ingredients. It can be only one-plate meal. Complete your meal with fresh seasonal fruit.
We remember pasta should be eaten preferably at lunch and the calories eaten at lunch should be 500 - 700 (30 - 35% of energy needs for an adult if his daily needs are about 2000 calories and he correctly divides his calories into 5 micro-meals).
- Special occasion menu. Don't worry about fat, calories, sugars ... it happens rarely, doesn't it?
- As you can see it's a tomato-free recipe, ideal for people intolerant or alergic to tomatoes.
- If you want to drink a glass of wine remember you have to add 80-85 kCal per 100 ml.
- If you want to know more about Italian pasta and its nutrition value read this page.
- We remember you our original home recipes can be made without salt; there is a combination of flavours that substitutes salt. Other salt-free recipes ...

What's the right wine ?

Our suggestion is: Vermentino di Sardegna (white wine of Sardinia)