Butternut Squash Ravioli
This Butternut Squash Ravioli is made with Homemade Ravioli filled with a delicious butternut squash puree with ricotta and nutmeg and is tossed in brown butter and topped with fresh parmesan. It’s the perfect squash ravioli — you will be convinced that making homemade ravioli is the way to go!
One butternut squash goes a long way! So, if you have some extra butternut squash, you can use it for Butternut Squash Pasta, Butternut Squash Orzo, Butternut Squash and Kale, Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash, or Butternut Squash Sausage Pasta. There’s no limit to the possibilities!
Why This Recipe Works
- Homemade dough. This butternut squash ravioli from scratch is fresh and delicious! Making the dough from scratch is much easier than it sounds! Follow my How to Make Ravioli Recipe and you’ll be set!
- Delicious squash ravioli recipe. The butternut squash ravioli rilling is made from butternut squash puree, creamy ricotta and ground nutmeg.
- Brown butter sauce. The best sauce for this butternut squash ravioli recipe is brown butter and some parmesan! You let the delicious filling speak for itself and complement it with amazing browned butter!
Ingredient Notes
- Ravioli Dough: You’ll need 1/2 batch of my homemade ravioli. You can use a full batch of the ravioli if you are serving a large group or if you want extras to freeze. A full batch will make about 50 ravioli.
- Butternut Squash: Feel free to use all of the butternut squash. You may have extra butternut squash puree to use for my Butternut Squash Pasta Recipe.
- Ricotta Cheese: Ricotta is a creamy cheese that is low in sodium. It’s actually one of the lowest sodium cheeses (so it is great for babies starting solids, FYI!)
- Ground Nutmeg: The nutmeg adds a delicious spice and flavor depth to the butternut squash puree.
- Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese: I always opt for the blocks of parmesan cheese and grate it myself because pre-grated cheeses from the grocery store are coated to help the pieces not clump and to make it harder to melt.
- Unsalted Butter: This will be for browning to make the butternut squash ravioli sauce!
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Roast the butternut squash. Wash the squash and poke some holes with a knife around it. Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F for 60-75 minutes or until soft. Remove and let cool for 10-15 minutes. Cut in half and remove the seeds and pulp. Scrape out the butternut squash flesh and place in a food process.
- Make the butternut squash ricotta filling. Add the ricotta, nutmeg, fresh parmesan, salt and pepper to the food processor and blend until smooth.
- Fill the ravioli. With my batch of Ravioli Dough, fill each ravioli with 1 tablespoon of the butternut squash ravioli filling. Cover and seal as per my How to Make Ravioli post.
- Brown the butter. Follow my How to Brown Butter recipe until you have perfectly browned butter!
- Cook the ravioli. While you’re stirring the brown butter, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Once boiling, add 8 or so ravioli (do not crowd the pan. If the ravioli touch, they can stick together!) Cook for 3-4 minutes or until the ravioli float to the top of the pot.
- Coat in brown butter. Once cooked, use a slotted spoon to remove from the pot and transfer into the skillet with the browned butter. Gently stir to coat with the butter sauce. Serve with fresh parmesan and some additional nutmeg if desired!
Recipe Tips
If you have any questions about making the homemade pasta dough for the ravioli, make sure you ready my post about How to Make Ravioli, it covers everything you need to know!
For making the ravioli, I instead of a pasta machine, I use the pasta roller attachment of my kitchen aid. I also use a ravioli maker to make things easier, which is like a ravioli stamp.
When filling the ravioli, I use a small cookie scoop to make it easier.
Be careful not to burn the butter! You don’t want those specks to turn black. If they are… the butter is most likely burnt.
If you want, you can make a delicious brown butter sage sauce by adding some fresh sage leaves to the skillet while cooking.
Make Ahead, Storing, and Freezing
Butternut squash ravioli is a great recipe to make ahead of time! You can make the Homemade Ravioli Dough and store it in the fridge (wrapped and stored in an airtight container) for 2-3 days prior to rolling out and using.
Store any leftover cooked ravioli in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Reheat in the microwave.
To freeze, you’ll freeze the homemade butternut squash ravioli uncooked. Once the fresh ravioli are all filling and sealed, place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper. Make sure they aren’t touching each other. Flash freeze until frozen solid. Then transfer to an airtight container and freeze for 2-3 months.
To cook frozen ravioli, add it straight to a pot of boiling water. Because they are frozen, it will just take another 2 minutes or so to cook.
The butternut squash puree with ricotta can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge and used later or as a sauce for pasta.
Recipe FAQs
I would opt for a light sauce. The brown butter sauce is amazing with this butternut squash ricotta ravioli. You can do a light cream sauce or a cream and cheese sauce if you’d like. But I wouldn’t do a tomato sauce, as a personal preference.
Yes you can! Once the ravioli are completely made — but not boiled — then lay them flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and flash freeze until solid. Then transfer to an airtight container or ziplock bag and freeze for 2-3 months. Remove and add to boiling water frozen.
The ravioli will be boiled. Add the ravioli to a boiling pot of water (do not over crowd or they will stick together!) They are done when the ravioli boils to the top of the pot.
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Butternut Squash Ravioli
Ingredients
1/2 batch of ravioli dough
- 1/2 butternut squash - about 1.5 lbs
- 1 cup ricotta
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the butternut squash on a baking sheet. I baked the entire squash (a total of 3 pounds) and just used half of the squash. (poke a few holes in the squash with a knife). Bake for 60-75 minutes or until the squash is soft. Remove. Let cool for 10-15 minutes. Cut in half. Remove seeds and string. Discard them. Scrape the butternut squash flesh into the bowl of a food processor (or blender.
- Add the ricotta, nutmeg, parmesan, salt, and pepper to the food processor too. Process until smooth.
- Fill the ravioli mold with 1 tablespoon of the butternut squash filling.
Brown Butter
- In a large skillet melt the butter over low, medium low heat. Stir frequently. The butter is ready when it begins to give off a nutty aroma, and you’ll see light brown specks forming on the bottom. Be careful not to burn the butter! You don’t want those specks to turn black. If they are… the butter is most likely burnt.
Cook the ravioli
- Meanwhile, bring pot of water to boil. Once boiling add in a tablespoon of salt. Add some of the ravioli. Don’t overcrowd. You’ll want to do this in batches. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until they float to the top. Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the skillet pan with the butter. Gently stir so that all of the ravioli are lightly coated in the butter sauce.
- Serve warm with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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14 Comments on “Butternut Squash Ravioli”
This looks and sounds delicious, but my husband is avoiding dairy. How would this be without the ricotta?
I’m confident it would still be delicious, but there would be some pretty big changes. You’ll have slightly less filling overall, and the filling will be more dense. I have a couple of suggestions. First, you may see if you can find a vegan/dairy-free ricotta at your grocery store. You can also try substituting tofu! Whipped tofu (use a food processor or even a hand mixer) won’t be quite as wet as ricotta but will provide some texture. Let me know how it goes!
Hi there, trying to figure quantities for family ravioli making. Looking at your ravioli dough recipe, it says it yields ~50 ravioli . For this butter squash filling recipe, it recipe calls for a half batch of ravioli dough and says yields 50 ravioli. Wouldn’t half a batch of dough yield 25 raviolis given the ravioli dough recipe says yields 50? Help me understand how much dough we should use/how amount how many raviolis the written recipe for butternut squash filling will fill please 🙂
I would probably just do a full batch of the ravioli!
Can you substitute pumpkin puree for the butternut squash?
Sure, I think that’ll taste yummy! Let me know how it turns out for you!
Made these last night. Turned out delicious! Can’t wait to share some with family : )
Made this recipe for Christmas Eve and it was outstanding. Thanks for all the detail
Can you make the butter sauce and save it for later?
Yes you can!
Can you make the filling a freeze it to use it for ravioli later?
Yes you can, the texture might be affected a little because that can happen with dishes that contain ricotta cheese.
Whitney, you are a genius! This is a fairly simple dish, but for some reason I did not think of cooking it before. I saw your post and immediately decided on a dish for dinner. My family was thrilled with these butternut squash ravioli. In addition, ravioli always bring me an association with Italy, because there I first tried original ravioli (they were with ricotta and spinach). Thank you for the idea, I will cook these ravioli again and again!
Ann your comment made my day! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe! (Also a ricotta and spinach ravioli sounds amazing!!)