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Make the fresh pasta dough, and then prepare the other ingredients while letting the dough rest.
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Making the filling: Wash the potatoes well, place into a thick plastic bag while still wet, and microwave for about 4 minutes (until you can easily poke them with a chopstick).
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Use a cloth or oven mitt to avoid getting burned, and remove the skin and eyes while the potatoes are still hot.
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Use a fork to mash the potatoes from Step 2, and mix in the cheese.
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Add the heavy cream and stir some more, then stir in the basil.
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(The sauce gets mixed in later, so it's okay if the flavor is a little light.)
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Roll up the mashed potatoes from step 3 into balls about the size of the tip of your thumb.
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How to form the ravioli: With a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a surface dusted with flour (unlisted, such as durum semolina flour or katakuriko), into about 1 mm thin rectangles.
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Each one should be about 4x8 cm in size so use a pizza cutter to cut them down to size, and them place the potato filling from Step 4 on top.
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Cut into about 4x8 cm squares with a pizza cutter.
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Fold in half to squeeze out the air and .
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Press down firmly around the edges with a fork.
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Line the ravioli up and cover with plastic wrap.
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Refrigerate until right before you are ready to serve them.
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Make the tomato sauce: Add the canned tomato sauce to the pot, turn it on low, add the white wine, and stew until it comes to a gentle boil.
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Season with salt and ground black pepper, and taste test it!
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The tomato sauce is done if it tastes good.
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~ If you want to make it richer and milder, then keep stewing it.
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Boiling the ravioli: Bring plenty of water to boil in a large pot.
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Reduce the heat to medium after bringing it to a boil, add the ravioli to the pot without stacking it up, boil for 5 minutes until they float to the top, scoop them out with a large ladle, and thoroughly shake off the water.
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Serve it up: Top some piping hot ravioli off with some piping hot tomato sauce, sprinkle with parsley, and serve!
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Eat it while mixing it up in the sauce.
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Tip: You can also sprinkle it with ground black pepper or powdered cheese if you like.
