
VEGAN Ravioli. Homemade. Fresh. Filled with Almond Tofu Ricotta Cheese. Easy to make. Can be frozen for later. Delicious!
This week I came down with a terrible cold. I haven’t been into the office in days because I don’t want to get my coworkers sick. I work in an open-office so germs spread like wildfire. Pair that with the changing season and the rainy, cold days we’ve had lately and it’s a recipe for disaster.
Something that’s not a recipe for disaster though, is this recipe for Vegan Ravioli. Since I was sick this whole week, I didn’t feel like cooking and just wanted something easy and quick. Luckily, we froze half of this batch of Vegan Ravioli and all it took was a quick 4-5 minutes in boiling water to make.

I thought making ravioli would be hard but this recipe is actually super easy. It can be a little time-consuming to cut out and stuff each ravioli and would probably be a little easier if you made square raviolis and just cut the dough straight on with a knife or rolling pizza cutter. However, we wanted the round ravs – maybe next time.
How to Make the Vegan Ravioli Dough:
First, make your dough using a mixture of semolina flour and all-purpose flour. Before you ask, I have not tried a gluten-free version of this and I’m not sure how it would turn out. People usually have good results with the Bob’s 1-1 Gluten-Free Flour but I really don’t know in this case. Semolina flour is coarser than all-purpose flour but if you only have all-purpose and don’t feel like buying semolina, than go ahead and just use the all-purpose only.
Another part of the dough is aquafaba – which is the water that you drain out of a can of chickpeas. I roast chickpeas as a snack all the time and save the water in a tupperware container just in case I need it for a recipe. Roasted chickpeas are the BEST! I’m addicted.

UPDATE:
We have more recently started using a different method for creating consistent and easier raviolis. We purchased this ravioli maker tray and it’s been AMAZING!
It has allowed us to have identical squares with perfect crimped edges for each ravioli. Also, it helps to have the dough in the tray when filling each ravioli, because you can fill it up really nicely to have them super stuffed if you like (who wouldn’t)!
If you decide to buy this, just make sure to roll your dough out thin but not too thin and always flour both pieces of the tray to be sure your dough doesn’t stick too much.
For Christmas a few years ago, my mom got us this pasta roller attachment for our Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. That has made rolling out the pasta sheets a whole lot easier! The link I provided is for three attachments – the sheet roller, a spaghetti cutter and a fettuccine cutter. You can purchase the sheet roller for a bit cheaper since all of these appliances can be quite expensive.
We will be updating the recipe and video soon to show this new method, so stay tuned! As always, if you make this and love it, please comment below or tag us on Instagram @pastabased.
These ravioli are stuffed with our homemade vegan almond tofu ricotta cheese, which is easy to make and tastes amazing. It lends a slight nutty flavor to the ravioli which I found to be the perfect flavor combination. We smothered ours in marinara sauce but using pesto, alfredo, or lemon olive oil would be delicious too. We also topped ours with vegan parmesan.

Homemade Vegan Ravioli Dough stuffed with Vegan Ricotta Cheese and smothered in marinara sauce.
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour plus more for kneading and rolling
- 1/2 cup aquafaba drained from one can of chickpeas
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 cups Vegan Almond Ricotta Cheese
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In a large bowl, mix semolina flour and all-purpose flour.
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Drain a can of chickpeas and save the water – this is aquafaba. Set the chickpeas aside for another use. To the bowl, mix in aquafaba and water.
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Mix until combined and knead with your hands for a minute until the dough is smooth. If the dough is too wet and sticky, add flour – one tablespoon at a time. If the dough is too dry, you can add more water – one tablespoon at a time.
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Cover in plastic wrap and set dough to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, make your Vegan Almond Tofu Ricotta Cheese. Set aside.
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After 30 minutes of resting, remove dough from plastic wrap. Sprinkle a light layer of flour on a clean counter or table. Using a rolling pin, roll dough until smooth and thin.
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Using a small cup or cookie-cutter, cut dough into circles. Ball up the unused dough and roll it out again, repeat until you run out of dough. (You can also cut them into even squares with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.)
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Place a small amount of Vegan Almond Ricotta Cheese in the center of the dough. This depends on the size of your circle. We used about a teaspoon of ricotta for a circle that was 2.5 inches wide.
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Spread a small amount of water around the outside of the dough with your finger. Place another dough circle on top and press around the edges to seal.
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To cook – drop a few ravioli into salted boiling water for 6-7 minutes. They will start to float once they're almost finished. Remove with a slotted spoon. Don't overcrowd your pot, cook them in batches. Serve warm with your favorite sauce.
- Depending on the size you cut your dough, this recipe can make up to 40 ravioli.
- You can freeze them for later! To freeze, place raw raviolis flat on a baking sheet and into the freezer for a few hours so they don’t stick together. Once frozen, you can store them together in a plastic freezer bag or tupperware for 4 weeks or more. To reheat, boil in salted water for 5 minutes.
- We smothered ours in marinara sauce but using pesto, alfredo, or lemon olive oil would be delicious too.
- We also topped ours with vegan parmesan.
Anjali
I haven’t had ravioli in SO long! This sounds absolutely delicious!
pasta-based
It’s just one of those meals you love but don’t think about making that often. We hope you have a chance to try it!
Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite
I love ravioli!! Especially home made. These look so easy to make too!
Jasmine
You have inspired me to make ravioli at home, these look and sound AMAZING!
pasta-based
We really hope you have the chance – you will not be disappointed!
Brandie
Oh my word!!! These look perfect!! I need to try these! I hope you’re feeling better!
pasta-based
Thanks, Brandie!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ah, delicious!!! So easy to make too; ravioli were a childhood dinner staple in my house 🙂
Karen
Best cooking video I’ve seen! I need to make meals quickly, and while I appreciate some love the art of cooking and discussing all the intricacies of the subject—for me—having to watch long, chatty cooking videos slows things down. Yours is perfect,and I am thrilled to find a good vegan cheese ravioli recipe ( :
pasta-based
Thanks so much Karen! I totally get what you mean. I try to edit the videos to be quick and fun to watch but still easy to see the steps. I’m so glad you like the style, your comment means a lot to us!
Giovonne
This dough was incredible! As an Italian growing up making homemade ravioli, I was definitely a little skeptical that vegan dough could be close to the real thing. I was so pleasantly surprised!
pasta-based
Thank you! I’m so glad to hear that – made my day!
Indy
Can I make the sheets in pasta machine?
pasta-based
Yes!
Corinda
This ricotta was SOOO good! Best I’ve ever tried. I added spinach. I found the dough hard to work with and my raviolis turned out a bit dough-y, especially around the edges, but overall a really great recipe, thank you!!
pasta-based
Thank you! So glad to hear it worked out.
Angela
Can I make these without the aquafaba?
My son has an allergy to beans so I can’t use the water from the chick peas. Is there another option?
My son has an egg allergy as well and I’ve found it very hard to find egg free raviolis, that’s how I came across your recipe.
Thank you!!
pasta-based
Yes. You can use water in place of the aquafaba.
Liam Gentile
Hey! I’m very excited to make this recipe tonight for some friends. Do you think this will adequately feed 5 hungry people? or should I 1.5x the recipe?
Thank you!
Liam
Jamie
This dough was amazing! I already had a filling (grew some candy roaster squash and made something similar to your butternut filling – will definitely be making the sage brown butter to go with) but can’t wait to try out all of your recipes because this turned out so well (and everything you post looks delicious). Thank you so much for sharing this!
Rae Neumann
Please tell us how you make roasted chickpeas with the left overbeans. 🙂
Cassie
How many raviolis does this make roughly? Thanks for sharing!
pasta-based
Hey Cassie,
This ravioli recipe should make around 40, give or take depending on how big your cutouts are. Hope that helps!
Brayden
Is it possible to replace the semolina flour with garbanzo bean flour or any other gluten free flour?
pasta-based
Hey Brayden,
Good question – we haven’t tried any other flour just yet for this recipe, but let us know if you did or do in the future and how it came out! I have seen other gluten free recipes that use a combination of garbanzo flour and tapioca flour to make fresh pasta, so you could try that combination.
CJ
Would love to know the size of a serving…trying to figure out how this fits into my calorie count.
pasta-based
Hey CJ,
A serving for these raviolis is about 6, and the calorie count is about 300 for that serving. Let us know if you try these out!
DEBORAH
Aquafaba! Awesome! So glad to use that! I’ve made ravs throughout my life(I’m Italian) but as a vegan have to change the chemistry of lots. Will use a ravioli press and this new recipe!!! Thanks! Keep up the great recipes!!!
Hayley
I’m so excited to try this recipe! I don’t have any semolina flour on hand- do you think it will come out okay if I sub it with all purpose flour? Thank you!
pasta-based
Hi Hayley,
That should work just fine. Let us know how it comes out!
Aastasia
Hi! We made these a few months ago and I came back for the recipe but it looks like it changed. I can’t eat too much tofu. Do you have that original recipe with the aquafaba? They are a HUGE hit at our house!
pasta-based
Hello there!
Thank you for letting us know. We have updated this to have both recipes available on our website. You can find the original one here: https://www.pastabased.com/vegan-ravioli/
Enjoy!!
Frances
Just wondering if the dough can be made a couple of days ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
pasta-based
Yes, it definitely can. I’d let it sit on the counter a bit to warm a little so it’s easier to roll out.