RECIPE: Make California Grill's Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli at Home!

It’s no secret that California Grill is one of our FAVORITE fine dining restaurants at Disney World. Located in Disney’s Contemporary Resort, this Michelin Guide-recognized restaurant has a 3-course meal that makes us hungry just thinking about it.

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Thanks to D23, now YOU can make a little piece of that menu at home!

D23 recently published a recipe for the Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli, one of the California Grill’s Market Inspiration items.

This beloved item is back!

The recipe is meant to serve four to six people. Here’s what you’ll need to make this gourmet ravioli:

Ingredients

For the goat cheese ravioli:

1 pound soft mild goat cheese, crumbled
5 ¹⁄₂ ounces aged goat cheese, crumbled
¹⁄₂ cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 tablespoons store-bought basil pesto
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons roasted garlic purée (recipe follows)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt, or to taste
¹⁄₈ teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or to taste
16 egg roll wrappers
1 large egg and 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
clear tomato broth (optional)

For the clear tomato broth (makes 4 cups):

15 whole vine-ripened tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt

For the roasted garlic purée (makes 2 tablespoons):

1 whole head garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil

California Grill’s Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli ©Disney

Here’s how to make it:

Directions

We’ll start with the (optional) clear tomato broth:

Place the tomatoes in a blender or food processor. In bunches with the salt, blend them until they appear coarsely chopped, then place the chopped tomatoes in a large sieve lined with a double-layer of damp cheesecloth.
Set the sieve over a bowl and let the mixture drain in the refrigerator for 24 hours to collect the liquid.
Discard the tomato pulp and save the liquid.

***Cook’s Notes: You can substitute the tomato broth with chopped and seeded ripe tomatoes or a tomato juice cocktail.***

Next, let’s make the roasted garlic purée:

Preheat your oven to 400°F.
Cut off the stem and top third of 1 whole garlic head.
Place the cut garlic on a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Once placed, drizzle olive oil and then wrap the garlic up with the foil. Make sure the edges are tightly sealed and proceed to roast for 1 hour.
Once done, remove the wrapped garlic from the oven and open it carefully. Let the garlic sit to cool slightly, and then scrape or squeeze the pulp from the cloves.

Finally, cook the goat cheese ravioli:

Stir together the fresh goat cheese, aged goat cheese, bread crumbs, pesto, olive oil, roasted garlic purée, salt, and pepper into a large bowl until well combined.
On a separate workstation, brush 8 egg roll wrappers with the egg wash.
With a knife and without cutting all the way through, clip each wrapper into 4 squares. Place 1 tablespoon of the goat cheese mixture in the center of each square. Cover them with the 8 remaining egg roll wrappers and press the edges together.
Now that the ravioli is double-wrapped, use a knife to cut each wrapper with filling into 4 squares, creating 32 squares of filled ravioli. Press the edges of the ravioli squares together.
***Skip this step if you plan to use the ravioli immediately*** Sprinkle the ravioli lightly with cornmeal and refrigerate between layers of waxed paper.
Cook the ravioli in a large pot of boiling salted water for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain completely and serve with the clear tomato broth or chopped seeded ripe tomatoes.

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And there you have it! Now you can bring a little bit of California Grill to your home kitchen! Be sure to keep up with DFB for future recipes and all things Disney!

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