Kathy-in-NZ said:For Christmas my daughter gave me a pasta maker, hand cranked.
Last weekend I had ravioli in a restaurant as an entree ($14). It
consisted of one large ravioli shape, filled with seafood, in a tasty
sauce. Delicious but I wanted more.
What I loved about it was the glutinous taste, rather like Chinese
boiled wontons. I love that gluey texture.
Does anyone have a recipe for homemade ravioli, and a nice sauce to go
with it? I don't want root vege recipes, eg pumpkin or squash.
What you had is called raviolone, or big ravioli-- meaning that you can
make them another size if that suits you better. It probably was so
that a good bit of filling could be used as compared to the pasta.
There are so many possible fillings that Google must be stuffed with
them. For a lot of recipes in English, try www.about.com Italian food.
Every Italian housewife and cook I know has versions that are unique.
My two favorites are stinging nettle and agnolotti which have a nutmeggy
meat filling. I don't have a fixed recipe for either, but alter it
according to what's in the fridge.
Search terms would include: stuffed pasta, pasta ripiena, ravioli,
agnolotti, capelletti, tortellini, tortelloni, and you'll probably luck
into some regional versions, too.
Sauces are as you like it. Agnolotti is with ragù in the winter, but
lighter sauces in warm weather, same for any of them, really, but just
butter and sage leaves is pretty darned good with most stuffed pasta.
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