Easily make vegan gluten free ravioli from scratch! Egg free gluten-free homemade ravioli dough that is simple and quick to make. Perfect for your favorite gluten free filled pasta!
Making gluten free fresh pasta at home can seem challenging sometimes. Which is why I tested and re-tested this gluten free vegan ravioli recipe, to make sure it is as easy as possible. And most of all: it works.
They don't break (or dissolve!) when you boil them and they stay al dente! You just will want to eat more and more of them!
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Ingredients
Simple recipe with simple ingredients! Here's what you will need to make gluten free ravioli wrappers.
- Fine white rice flour (gluten free, of course), it is important for it to be very fine, for two reasons. One is that the finer the flour, the better the dough will stick together. Secondly, you won't feel a grainy flour texture, once the ravioli are cooked.
- Potato starch, or other gluten free starches. I am used to potato or tapioca, I haven't tested others, but my guess is rice or corn starches would work too.
- Salt, this is an ingredient that can always be skipped, if desired and/or based on dietary needs. Adding it surely adds a nice layer of flavor.
- Xanthan gum. If you know me and my recipes, you know I don't use gums a lot. This homemade gluten free ravioli dough though calls for a strong binder, since we are using no eggs. And we don't want them to break
- Turmeric powder, this is totally optional, but a pinch of it will add a yellow-ish color that will resemble that of the eggs in traditional dough.
- Olive oil, adds a nice flavor and helps the consistency. I would not replace it with seed or other oils.
- Boiling hot water, this is an important step in the recipe. The heat of the water actually helps the rice flour and starch to bind and create an elastic dough. Cool water, warm water or hot tap water won't work.
All quantities are in the recipe card below
Instructions
Here's how to make gluten free ravioli dough. Few simple steps that need to be followed carefully, in order to make the best gluten free ravioli pasta egg free:
- in a medium bowl mix well the dry ingredients
- in a small bowl or pitcher mix the boiling hot water with the olive oil, then add it to the dry ingredients
- immediately and quickly stir with a spoon, until most of the flour is absorbed and big clumps form
- move the mixture to the worktop and squeeze the big clumps together first, then kneading it with your hands, until the dough is smooth and compact
- devide the dough into 4 parts and roll them into dough balls, dust them with rice flour and cover with a napkin or towel
- let the dough cool down completely
- one dough ball at a time, place them on a sheet of parchment paper generously dusted with rice flour and roll the dough out as thin as possible (around 2 millimeters)
- I used a 2-inch square ravioli stamp to outline the shape, you can make the shapes you want, like round or triangle
- add a teaspoon of filling and make sure to always leave a half inch room around the filling to close the ravioli
- lightly wet the borders of each raviolo (yup, raviolo is the singular for ravioli) and add the second layer on top
- with your fingers press the dough down all along the edges
- if you want, define their shape with a ravioli stamp or a cutter wheel, otherwise simply cut them with a knife
- place them on a large dish or surface, dusting them with rice flour so that they don't stick
- let them rest covered with a napkin for a good 30 minutes before cooking, so that the dough will dry up a little
- cook these gluten free vegan ravioli in salted boiling water for 5 minutes and enjoy them with your favorite condiment
Please check the recipe card below
These are the best gluten free ravioli really! And the fact they are also egg free makes them perfect for guests or family who are sensitive to eggs or vegan.
Tips and substitutions
A few tips I want to share after having tested this recipe over and over to make sure you make the best gluten free vegan ravioli dough at home!
I haven't tested other flours. I love the result with this combination of ingredients though, it is so good!
Xanthan gum is the precious binder and egg-replacer in this recipe. If you omit it, chances are your ravioli will break/dissolve while boiling them.
The alternative I can offer is making them using the recipe for my gluten free dumplings (potstickers) and use that cooking procedure (minus the toasting).
Place them in an airtight container making layers separated by parchment paper. Always dust the ravioli with rice flour so that they don't stick. Keep in the fridge for max 24h before cooking.
Yes it can happen with fresh pasta. Simply add a teaspoon of oil to the boiling water, before adding the ravioli.
Through my several recipe testings, I have found 4-5 minutes are the right time to have soft, chewy ravioli that are cooked through.
Whatever you choose to use as a filling, always make sure it is not wet/runny, or the dough will get soggy and possibly break while cooking in boiling water.
So, especially if you are using vegetables, sautee them and let all the liquids evaporate before filling the ravioli.
Also, for the same reason, use fillings at room temperature, not hot.
Cooking in grams
I cook and bake in grams as they are more accurate (than cups) when measuring ingredients. This is especially important when it comes to gluten free and vegan recipes.
Also, I weigh both dry and wet ingredients in grams and most of the time I share one- or two-bowl recipes, to make everything easier for you.
A simple affordable kitchen scale is definitely a useful and worthy investment for your gluten free cooking.
So you will simply need to place the bowl on the scale and weigh ingredients as you go!
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Sonia
📖 Full Recipe
Homemade Gluten free Ravioli Pasta (Egg free)
Equipment
- 1 kitchen scale
- 1 medium bowl
- 1 cup or pitcher
- 1 spoon
- 1 Rolling Pin
- parchment paper
- 1 knife / cutter wheel / ravioli cutter
Ingredients
- 150 grams (1 CUP) gluten free fine white rice flour (+ extra for dusting)
- 75 grams (½ CUP) potato starch (gluten free)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1,5 teaspoon xanthan gum powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder (optional, only for color)
- 20 grams (1+½ tbsp) olive oil
- 150 grams (¾ CUP) boiling hot water
Instructions
- in a medium bowl mix well the dry ingredients
- in a small bowl, a cup or a pitcher mix the boiling hot water with the olive oil, then add it to the dry ingredients
- immediately and quickly stir with a spoon, until most of the flour is absorbed and big clumps form
- move the mixture to the worktop and squeeze the big clumps together first, then knead with your hands, until the dough is smooth and compact
- divide the dough into 4 parts and roll them into dough balls, dust them with rice flour and cover with a napkin or towel
- let the dough cool down completely
- one dough ball at a time, place them on a sheet of parchment paper generously dusted with rice flour and roll the dough out as thin as possible (around 2 millimeters)
- I used a 2-inch square ravioli stamp to outline the shape, you can make the shapes you want, like round or triangles
- add a teaspoon of filling, or as much needed to leave a half inch room around the filling to close the ravioli
- lightly wet the edges of each raviolo (yup, raviolo is the singular for ravioli) and add the second layer on top
- with your fingers press the dough down all along the ravioli edges
- if you want, define their shape with a ravioli stamp or a cutter wheel, otherwise simply cut them with a knife place them on a large dish or surface, dusting them with rice flour so that they don't stick
- let them rest covered with a napkin for a good 30 minutes before cooking, so that the dough will dry up a little
- re-knead leftover dough and roll it out to make more ravioli
- cook the ravioli in salted boiling water for 5 minutes and enjoy them with your favorite condiment
- Note: please know that the end result will be ravioli with a slightly thicker dough than traditional ones.
Ana says
Used this dough to make my favorite ricotta ravioli and was really impressed with the result, they did not break, but kept al dente, really love them
Sweet Sensitive Free says
So happy to hear this!
Nicole says
Best pasta ever. It was even easier to roll out and shape the gluten. Wow 10/10
Sweet Sensitive Free says
So happy you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you!
Kay says
Hi Sonia
have you found in all your cooking experimentation that you can interchange the different starches easily e.g. tapioca starch for potato starch?
Or is there a difference in functionality and flavour?
thanks!
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Hi! I mostly use potato starch (it's easier to source for me), but I have successfully interchanged it with tapioca starch. I don't use rice and corn starch much, but when I have, I haven't seen much difference in texture (and none in taste I'd say)
Bob steven says
It somewhat okay, but it can't stay together in a pasta machine and only work for very tick pasta.
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Thank you for your feedback, I haven't tested this dough with the pasta machine, I only ever used a rolling pin so I am sure it doesn't break and can keep an eye on the thickness.
Syd says
This looks amazing!! How much xantham gum? It says 1,5 teaspoon. Is that 1.5 teaspoon?
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Hi! Yup, that's one and a half teaspoon. I hope you'll enjoy the recipe 🙂
Lynne says
Can these be frozen? Trying to make dishes ahead for holiday meals.
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Hi! I haven't tried freezing them yet, but my guess is the result when boiling them might not be the best. You can still make them one or two days in advance and keep in the fridge, in an airtight container. Store them in single layers, separated by parchment paper, lightly dusted with fine white rice flour.
Lynne says
Thanks so much for the quick reply and great advice. I’m making them for our day-after Thanksgiving get together. I’ll do this and let you know how they turn out.
Trisha says
Did you making them ahead work well? I am making this for Christmas Eve for a ravioli soup I found. I wanting to make this ahead of time. Thank you
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Hi! You can make them one day in advance and keep in the fridge, in an airtight container. Store them in single layers, separated by parchment paper, lightly dusted with fine white rice flour.
I have never tried them in a soup (it also depends what kind of soup and how long would it cook) so my advice would be to boil them in "plain" water and add them to the soup a moment before serving. This way they might keep al dente and not break in the soup.
Jen says
What a fantastic recipe. Thank you for testing this over and over to create a great vegan and gluten free dough.
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Thank you so much! Happy you love this!
Jen says
Hello again, I made these again. I’m in love with this recipe. I made three different doughs. Turmeric, spirulina, and plain. I made too much and couldn’t get through it all. I put the left over dough slices in the refrigerator and forgot about them (oops). When I saw them just a little after 2 weeks, I made a quick lasagna with the circle cuts I made. The dough held up really nicely and the lasagna was fantastic! I’m having so much fun with this dough recipe. It’s probably my favorite. And I cook sooo much. I live a gluten free and vegan lifestyle, trying to eliminate a bulk of processed ingredients. So thank you for this one. I hope this information helps all of your wonderful followers and people looking at this recipe. This recipe is a no-brainer!
Sweet Sensitive Free says
THANK YOU!!! This comment literally made my day! <3 I'm so happy you love this recipe and it was helpful! THANKS!
Gabrielle Louis says
Hi! Is glutinous rice flour the same as regular rice flour? Asking bc that’s all I have and wondered if it would work here
Sweet Sensitive Free says
Hi! I haven't personally tested the recipe with glutinous rice flour and I'm afraid the result would be different, possibly the dough would be too sticky and "rubbery" and hard to work.