The Basic Ravioli Filling Process:

Ingredients:

½ lb Ground Beef (mince)
3 oz Parmesan Cheese
¼ Onion
2 - 3 cloves Garlic
1 Egg
some Fresh Oregano
some Fresh Parsley

Now onto photos of the process!

Here are the ingredients.. A ½ lb or so of ground beef, 3 oz of parmesan cheese, ¼ of an onion, 2 - 3 cloves of garlic, and some fresh oregano and fresh parsley



I then chopped and minced the 2 or 3 cloves of garlic (could have been 4 though, I dig garlic, heh) and the ¼ of a white onion by hand with my usual chef's knife..

I grated up a little more than ½ the 5 oz wedge of parmesan cheese, you could use more though..

Note: You can buy a bag of parmesan cheese that is already grated, but it usually costs more. And if you're doing this you probably enjoy cooking, so why skip part of the fun? I started browning the ground beef in a skillet, and then added in the chopped and minced garlic and onion mid-way through cooking. I didn't want to burn the garlic, so I added it in a little while after the meat had started cooking.

After a little while longer over low to medium heat the ground beef, garlic and onion were done.

Since we don't want any more moisture and liquid inside the ravioli dumplings than is absolutely necessary I drained the cooked ground beef, garlic and onion in my spaghetti colander.

I pulled the leaves off several sprigs of fresh oregano and parsley (some stems won't hurt though if they end up in the mix) to chop up and add to the other filling ingredients.

Although you can do this with a knife (like I used to), it is quicker to use food processor 

And here is the browned ground beef with onion and garlic, chopped herbs, and grated parmesan cheese ready to combine.

We mix in the chopped fresh oregano and parsley, then add in the grated parmesan cheese and mix the whole thing together..

We'll be adding in 1 or 2 (it's up to you) eggs into the mix now to blend it all together nicely..

Then whisk or beat the eggs with a fork, and stir into the filling mixture.

And here it is ready to fill ravioli dumplings with!