Basil pasta: the recipe for making beautiful and tasty stuffed ravioli!

INGREDIENTS
For the pastry:
300g (2 cups) all-purpose flour
3 eggs
a pinch of salt
7ml (½ tbsp) olive oil
fresh basil leaves

For the filling:
300g (1 cup) prawns, peeled, deveined, chopped
130g (½ cup) ricotta
zest of 1 lemon
2 thyme sprigs, leaves only
salt and pepper

METHOD
1. In a large bowl combine flour with salt, eggs, and olive oil. Mix well, form the pasta dough into a ball, and wrap it in plastic. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
2. Roll pasta dough into thin sheets. The top half of the sheets with basil leaves, spray water on top and cover with another sheet of pastry. Pass each sheet through the pasta machine once more.
3. Mix chopped prawns with ricotta, lemon, thyme, salt and pepper.
4. Add dollops of ricotta filling on top of the pastry sheets. Cover with another sheet and seal the edges. Cut the ravioli out. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Serve with some melted butter.
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