Friday
Jan302009
First play with my new Christmas toy
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 1:07PM 
I got a very lovely ravioli maker for Christmas and hadn't actually made any with it yet, so I dug it out of the cupboard this week in an attempt to make pea and mint ravioli. As usual, I took the fly by the seat of my pants attitude to a recipe and had a crack at just making it up myself and it worked....sort of.
I used a basic pasta dough recipe from Jamie Oliver's Italy. The end result was nice but the filling wasn't thick enough and I eventually had to put an egg into it so at least when the pasta was cooked, the filling wasn't runny. I didn't want to blitz cooked garden peas so I blended still frozen ones meaning that they eventually thawed and made the filling distinctly sloppy......stupid!
It also took much fiddling around with the pasta maker and the ravioli tray until I really got the hang of turning out a presentable set of ravioli.
I won't share the recipe for the filling just yet as it needs to be perfected but you can see what the ravioli turn out like when using the tray. Getting one of these ravioli trays is really worth it, as when you get the hang of it you will never have a burst rav again.
tagged Parmesan, dough, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, mint, nutmeg, onion, pasta, pasta maker, peas, ravioli, ravioli tray, ricotta, seaoning in Vegetables, disasters, pasta
Parmesan, dough, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, mint, nutmeg, onion, pasta, pasta maker, peas, ravioli, ravioli tray, ricotta, seaoning in Vegetables, disasters, pasta
Reader Comments (8)
Well done for perservering! I had a pasta machine years ago, but never used it, and it got thrown out. But lately I've been wondering if I should buy another one and have a go...
Ravioli is one of my favorite foods (of course, I am Italian), and I have repeatedly reported on serious Eats how difficult that really GOOD ones can be to make.
You have done a good job, and I am the "Board Matron" of Serious Eats.
Good post.
Thanks, needs a little refining though. Tasted very nice but consistency not quite right. ;-)
ooooooooooooo yum, I got a pasta maker for christmas 2007 but it's been used only twice, I should definitely get it out of the press again!!!
These look and sound amazing! I just got a pasta maker as well, and I think these will be my first creation. Thanks for sharing!
Oh yummy! I recently got a pasta maker as well and I've been doing lasagna and fettuccine, but have yet to try raviolli. Yours look great!
These look AWESOME! What a fun new toy!
Gorgeous ravioli. I really should make it more frequently and invest in one of those cute wee 'toys' ;)