Creepypasta Homemade Pumpkin Ravioli – and a little extra something

You mortals.  You think you’re so clever telling each other scary stories and then labeling them “creepypasta.”  Sure, they’re pretty decent stories, and I’ll admit, I’ve enjoyed hearing them and reading them, but when I think creepypasta, I don’t get scared, I get hungry…

So today, we’re making our very own hellbound version of creepypasta, which means making our own pasta dough as well as our own savory and delicious goat cheese and roasted butternut squash filling.

And of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Nom recipe if we didn’t twist it up a bit! Which is why, instead of making plain, boring homemade ravioli creepypasta, we’re making homemade skull and bones creepypasta!

Now, before we get too far into this whole thing, I do need to tel you all this post contains affiliate links and a professional promotion…and some genuine thank you’s to some very important people here at the Nom.  Ooh!!  Fancy!  And for more information on what all that means, you can read my full disclosure here.

Okay, now that that is done, let’s get creepy!

The first thing we have to do is make our pasta.

For this recipe you will need:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 4 eggs, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt. divided
• 2 – 4 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons black charcoal powder (or black food dye if you choose) 

And that’s it.  No, really.  That’s all you really need to make pasta!

Now because our pasta is two-toned (black with white skulls and bones) we’ll need to make two batches of dough (which is why all our ingredients are divided).  Because it’s easier to go from light to dark in the food processor, we’ll start with our lighter “skull and bone” dough first.

In a food processor, combine together 1 1/2 cups of the flour with 2 of the eggs, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Cover and process until well mixed.

As it mixes, add in 1 to 2 tablespoons of water until it comes together in a thick dough.  Remove the dough and shape it into a ball.

Lightly flour your work surface and knead your pasta dough for approximately 1 to 2 minutes, or until smooth.  Wrap with plastic wrap and set aside while we make our black version.

Repeat the above steps, this time adding in your black charcoal powder (or food coloring if you’re using that) to the mixture.

Pulse to combine and drizzle in your 1 to 2 tablespoons of water, creating an inky black and very sticky dough.

 

Like we did with the white dough, turn it out onto a floured work surface and knead until smooth.

While the dough is resting, let’s make our butternut filling.

For this you will need:

• 1 medium butternut squash peeled, seeded, roasted and pureed (about 4 cups)
• 1 tablespoon olive
• 5 ounces fresh goat cheese
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

You will also need an additional egg, lightly beaten…but save this for the very end of the recipe.

In your (hopefully clean since you made not one, but two batches of pasta dough in it earlier) food processor, combine all the above ingredients and pulse until well mixed.

Again…that’s it.  This recipe is really really easy as far as getting everything all ready.  Where it gets difficult is in the next steps…the assembly.  Which makes sense as we all know, the devil is in the details!

Now that the dough has rested and we’ve made our filling, it’s time to start making our skulls and bones and assembling it all.

On your floured surface or using a pasta machine (much easier to use a pasta machine…I can’t suggest this enough…it’s the difference between night and day!), roll out your white dough until roughly 1/8″ thick.

To create the tiny skulls, I used a vegetable cutter I picked up online here.  It’s a complete set and comes with a cutter that I think is supposed to be a flower of some sort.  Regardless, if you flip it upside down and use a small straw to punch a few additional holes through the dough after you cut it, you end up not with a flower, but with a skull.

Win!

To make the bones, I confess, I raided Lucifur’s dog cookie cutters and snagged a tiny bone from this kit here.

Continue cutting out bones and skulls until you end up with a massive amount…and trust me when I say, you’ll need a ton…so if you think you have enough, you don’t.  Just keep cutting.

Place your cut out pieces on either a plate or a cutting board and keep them covered with a damp paper towel to prevent them from drying out as we continue to work.

Once you get your skulls and bones cut out, it’s time to move onto our black pasta strips.

Again, as we did with the white pasta, either roll out your black pasta by hand or run it through a pasta machine until it’s 1/8″ thick and a long strip about 2 1/2 inches wide.

Brush this strip with a pastry brush dipped in a little water and then start placing your cut out skulls and bones down in the pattern of your choosing. The water will help the cut pieces to stick to your pasta, but make sure you’re not using too much.  You just want to slightly dampen the pasta, not soak it.

Lightly roll over this with a rolling pin to help press the pasta into the dough and then run through your pasta machine on the 1/8″ setting to really press it all together and then again, one more time, on the 1/16″ thickness.

BE AWARE that as you do this, your skulls will distort a bit.  Don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world.  As they cook, they’ll plump up a bit and help restore those adorably creepy little skull faces back to (mostly) normal.

Continue doing this until you either use up all of your black dough or you run out of white skulls and bones.

Now let’s assemble our creepypasta ravioli!

I like to use my ravioli stamp to show me where to place my filling by lightly pressing it into the back of my pasta strips, roughly 1 inch apart with a 1/2 inch border down the sides.

Using a pastry brush, brush a thin layer of that lightly beaten egg I told you to hold onto down the entire strip of pasta.

Scoop a small mound of filling in the center of where each ravioli will be, making sure to center it well.

Brush the second piece of dough with egg wash and place it over the first strip.

Using your fingers, lightly press the dough around each mound of butternut filling so that the two strips stick together, sealing in the filling.

Then, with either your ravioli cutter or a sharp knife, cut your dough between the fillings to make individual raviolis.  Continue doing this with the rest of your dough and your filling.  Depending on how large or small you make your ravioli, you should end up with about 20 or so little butternut stuffed creepypasta pillows.

Now let’s cook this stuff up!

In a deep pot of water, bring about 4-6 cups of salted water to a boil.  Add a few tablespoons of olive oil and then drop in roughly 1/4 of your ravioli, one at a time.  Stir continuously to make sure they don’t stick to either each other or the bottom of the pot.

Simmer gently for 3 to 4 minutes or until tender.

Drain and transfer to a serving dish.

To serve, I like to drizzle with a little browned butter and flash fried sage and a sprinkle of additional parmesan.

Now, normally, this is where I sign off with a Bone Appetite, but today we’re doing things a little differently.

I don’t think it’s any great secret that I love what I do here at the Nom.  It’s been an amazing adventure so far, and along the way I’ve had the opportunity to really get to know some amazing individuals who have been instrumental in helping make the Nom what it is today.  While I’d love to claim that the Nom is entirely self-sufficient and self-supporting, it’s not…which is why I want to send an extra huge shout out to those brave souls who have so selflessly signed up for my Patreon page. 

Thanks to their support each and every month, we’ve been able to purchase ingredients for our recipes (like this creepypasta), pay for equipment and tools, and upgrade the editing software I’ve used for our YouTube videos.

I’m also incredibly grateful to the corporate and professional sponsors who have donated to the site, including, most recently, the team at PaperlessPost.com Paperless Post reached out to me earlier this month, helped me set up an account with them, and gifted me with a generous chunk of “coins” that I could use to purchase digital e-cards to send to friends and family.

I spent some time browsing their designs and quickly settled on an adorable digital skull card and matching digital envelope.

Coming up with my first list of victims recipients was easy!  I knew exactly who to send my first e-cards to…my incredible and generous team of Patrons who had helped me get to this point…which is why, if you’re a Patron at any level, you should have a digital thank you card waiting for you in your email inbox right now.  It’s just a little way for me (and Lucifur) to be able to tell you thank you again for all you’ve done for us and how much we appreciate your support and help!  I don’t ever want anyone to ever think we here at the Nom take the support of our amazing Patrons and sponsors for granted, and this was a wonderful and easy way for me to reach out and just say…thank you for being so supportive and generous.

Speaking of generous, I’m nowhere near done spending all my Paperless Post coins, which means Lucifur and I will be sending out even more digital cards in the months to come!  They have so many designs to choose from that I’m sure we’ll run out of coins long before we run out of options.

We’ll be choosing random members of our Nom subscriber community and sending out digital cards just for fun!  For a chance to get one of our digital Paperless Post cards, make sure you’re subscribed to our email list.

And to see all the amazing designs this incredibly generous company has made available to not only us here at the Nom, but anyone who is looking for a quick and easy way to send a digital card, why not swing by PaperlessPost.com and see all they have to offer!

And just so no other businesses feel left out from our little Nom appreciation party, here are a few other recipes that never would have been possible had it not been for the generous outreach of several amazing corporations and businesses!

Bat-caroons with pumpkin spice cream filling

The Evil Genius – boozy beverage with glowing green tentacles

Now is where I’ll finally say….

Bone appetite!

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