Homemade ravioli. Pretty darn good

CTMike

Brent's bitter because he wasn't invited.

DMW

This is awesome. I should not learn to do this...

Botch

theyolksonyou said:

The press is this one. 

I use my Kitchenaid rollers a couple times a month for pasta, love it.  
I have that "ice-cube tray" ravioli maker, but was never able to make it work very well.  The dough would always pull away from the edges so the ravioli wouldn't seal, OR they'd stick to the tray and rip apart while trying to remove the finished items.  And it was difficult to cut them with a rolling pin across the aluminum tray (I see you dumped them out and cut separately, that'd work better).  
I ended up using Alton Brown's method, although with a long strip of free counter space in my kitchen and not an ironing board like he did.    If you have any tricks to make the ice-cube tray method work, I'm all ears!  

Killit_and_Grillit

Damn. 

Stormbringer

That looks outstanding, added to my list ... aka Trello board.

GlennM

theyolksonyou said:

g8golfer said:

I have been meaning to buy a mixer but it’s hard to spend $250 on one but KitchenAid is the one i want 

@g8golfer took me a long time to pull the trigger. Glad I did. Same with the Vitamix. 

Me too.  Finally bought one and don’t know how I lived without it!  It will really up your bread making game as well. Love the ravioli, I make mine with a single cutter ( a bit slow and tedious )

Carolina Q

Fine looking dish! Love the flavors too. Something new to try.

As for doing it by hand, this guy makes it look easy. At about 3:15, he demos how to fill and cut them by hand. I have a pasta machine and cutter wheel so I guess it's time to give it a shot. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4rULf2oD8

bluebird66

Awesome cook!

theyolksonyou

Botch said:

theyolksonyou said:

The press is this one. 

I use my Kitchenaid rollers a couple times a month for pasta, love it.  
I have that "ice-cube tray" ravioli maker, but was never able to make it work very well.  The dough would always pull away from the edges so the ravioli wouldn't seal, OR they'd stick to the tray and rip apart while trying to remove the finished items.  And it was difficult to cut them with a rolling pin across the aluminum tray (I see you dumped them out and cut separately, that'd work better).  
I ended up using Alton Brown's method, although with a long strip of free counter space in my kitchen and not an ironing board like he did.    If you have any tricks to make the ice-cube tray method work, I'm all ears!  

@botch this was the first time I used this press. I had some of the same issues. Mostly sticking in the middle.  I dusted with a little flour after the first batch and that helped some. The instructions said to finish cutting with a knife or pastry wheel.  I still had some I needed to press by hand to seal the edges. Got better toward the end. 

theyolksonyou

Thanks to all but Brent for the kind comments.

evie1370

Wow Jason-good job! I love homemade pasta-there is no substitute. But since I am too lazy, and because there is a great local market that sells it for a decent price-I just purchase it there. And guess what-I am heading there this weekene! Oh well, there goes the diet!

20stone

Great looking, heart stopping cook!