Posted on 04/05/2020 1:10:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
In early March, the Eltingville Pastosa introduced Cannoli Ravioli to patrons. The sweet spin on the Italian dessert merged with the store’s house-made ravioli proved an instant hit with Staten Islanders.
Danny and Umberto De Rosa were stunned at the new product’s rabid reception. In just a week on the market, the cannoli ravioli sold out as fast as they could produce them. So the brothers increased production on the store’s ravioli machines.
A box for a frozen 12-count costs $7.49, treats that customers can fry up at home from their icy state or room temp. They recently started pan-frying them, so the cannoli ravioli also come pre-fried and ready to eat at $4.99 for 6 pieces.
The Cannoli Ravioli contains a silky cheese called Impastata in its crispy shell. Impastata is a form of ricotta. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
Check out the accompanying video to see how the cannoli ravioli are crafted.
The Eltingville salumeria and pasta factory was established in the late 1970s by the late Benito “Benny” De Rosa. He originally operated a food shop in 1974 in Valley Stream, Long Island, until the late Anthony Ajello, Pastosa’s founder, called him to establish a store of his own. Staten Island seemed promising. After four years, De Rosa ultimately expanded the operation into its current larger building with a parking lot.
Pastosa of Eltingville is one of the last Pastosas to manufacture ravioli.
Cannoli Ravioli are available only at the Eltingville Pastosa -- 3817 Richmond Ave., 718-356-4600, Pastosa.com.
Could you pick up a pound of these and email them too me? Thanks.
Leave the gun, take these...
Someone’s getting wacked big time
They do look tasty.
He was my neighbor growing up in Brooklyn. HIs first pasta machine was in his basement and he sold his produce to the Italian speciality shops in what was then called Red Hook.
Italians ping!
I guess they would be less messy.
There isn’t a Red Hook anymore in Brooklyn? Near Governors Island?
"Yeah, they're clean and exterminated."
"That's a bad word to use. Make sure we don't exterminate you!"
LOL.
My grandmother lived in Red Hook. According to Wikipedia, it still exists.
Double yummy. Can that nice man deliver mine?
:)
Ok, it is pretty far from here. May have to make my own.
Oh. Youse are killing me. What I can eat anymore is next to nothing. Well nothing good anyway.
If I were a wasp eating bland uninteresting foods all my life it wouldn’t be so bad.
Mamma mia! Che bonta’!!!!
lol
Nice... I’ll see if Alessi would make some. A great Italian bakery here in Tampa. I loved Modern and DePasquale in Hartford growing up.
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