NATIONAL RAVIOLI DAY – March 20

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[heterosupremacist]

(Good recipes at link) Mangiare bene!

Ravioli are a traditional type of Italian filled pasta, made up of a filling sealed between two layers of thin egg pasta dough. The ravioli are usually served in either a broth or with a pasta sauce. A variety of filling recipes are available from cheesy to meaty.

Served often as the main course, ravioli can also be a side dish or even an appetizer. Many popular recipes bake or deep fry the ravioli. With chocolate added to the pasta or cream cheese stuffing and a caramel sauce, the dish quickly becomes a dessert!

Ravioli can be homemade or may be purchased fresh or frozen in grocery stores. In the United States, Chef Boyardee popularized the canned ravioli. This ravioli is filled with either beef or processed cheese and served in a tomato, tomato-meat or tomato-cheese sauce. St. Louis, Missouri is where the toasted ravioli got its start.

[dp0622]

You’re really disciplined. I find that great.

[dhs12345]

:) we are a lot better off for it. However, there are times when it is tough.

[dhs12345]

:) we are a lot better off for it. However, there are times when it is tough.

[blackbetty59]

Learning to make homemade pasta (including ravioli) joined my “bucket list” last year. I bought an Atlas Pasta Machine which hand cranks out the pasta sheets for lasagna, and has cutting attachments for fettucini and spaghetti. I also bought a ravioli mold. I’m not an Italian grandma, but I pretend I am when I make it up fresh. I do whatever filling sounds good, from cheese to sausage and spinach, to pumpkin. I use the preserved heirloom tomatoes from last years garden for most of the sauces. The pasta dough is easy enough, about 2/3 cups flour and an egg (a little drop of olive oil if you want) per person. I salt mine in the boiling water because salt can’t go into the rolling machine. I love pasta, and store-bought can’t even come close to home-made.