How to Make Ravioli
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This month we celebrate THREE years of our little place here on the internet! Three years of: stirring, chopping, boiling, sauteing, simmering, braising, frying, stuffing, baking, cooking and loving every minute of it. Even the ones where we burned something, and yes it happens. Cooking and taking photographs is so therapeutic for me. I can’t imagine NOT doing either. Besides cooking, and shooting what I’ve loved equally is connecting with all of you. Before I get all sappy and need Kleenex we have some exciting things planned this year and one of those is a monthly homemade pasta series. I’m thrilled to be able to get back to my love of homemade pastas. We’re kicking off with ravioli stuffed with a creamy dreamy RICOTTA cheese filling.
I was taught how to make pasta while I lived in Italy the old school way, with a hand crank and that’s how I’ve done it for years (up until recently). I can tell you that now that I’ve tried pasta making with my KitchenAid stand mixer and attachments, I’ve found that it’s much faster and I make it more often! This monthly pasta series will focus on making pasta using a stand mixer and various attachments. It can all be done by hand with a little muscle though if you want to go that route.
We’re kicking off our pasta 101 series with RAVIOLI! Everyone loves ravioli and you can stuff yours with just about anything, today we’ve gone with a easy crowd pleasing RICOTTA filling. I like to make a double batch when I’m making mine, flash freeze them and then put them into freezer bags so I have some when the cravings hit (and they always do). For these cheese ravioli I like to make a quick sage and butter sauce or I’ll go with a simple TOMATO SAUCE.
It’s amazing what flour, eggs, and a pinch of salt can do isn’t it!
EDITED TO ADD: Thank you for your entries. Contest has ended. Winner is #1709 TIFFANY SMITH. Please email paula@bellalimento.com with your mailing address and phone number and we’ll get that shipped right out to you.
GIVEAWAY time! You see that sexy KitchenAid mixer below? We’re giving one away to ONE of you lucky bell’alimento readers. That’s right. Hold onto your tomato sauce, it’s a doozy! I had the 6 quart stand mixer before receiving this gorgeous creature. I can tell you that the 7 quart blows the 6 quart out of the water. She’s not just a pretty face, she packs a powerful punch!
Just a few of it’s amazing Features:
- 7 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer Model KSM7581 (retail value $549.00)
- Control Panel to Motor Communication ASF – Advanced Sensory Feedback (15,000x per second)
- Motor: 1.3 HP High Efficiency DC Motor
- Flour Power Capacity: 16 Cups
- Cookie Capacity: 14 Dozen
- Warranty: 2 Year Hassle Free Warranty
- Attachments are dishwasher safe
So who wants to enter? Silly question right ; )
2. Follow bell’alimento on TWITTER 3. RT the following “I just enterered to win a 7 qt @KitchenAidUSA Stand Mixer from @bellalimento You can enter here: http://wp.me/ppVJB-2KO 4. Follow KitchenAid on TWITTER
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Good Luck!
Baci!
Disclaimer: KitchenAid has provided me with a 7 quart stand mixer and is providing the same to one lucky bell’alimento reader. The opinions in this post are my own. Always have been. Always will be.
What You Will Need: What To Do:
http://www.bellalimento.com/2012/01/23/how-to-make-ravioli-a-kitchenaid-stand-mixer-giveaway/
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I just enterered to win a 7 qt @KitchenAidUSA will Tweet,Like, etc.
I would make my Italian Anise Cookie recipe handed down to my family from generations ago.
Hi Paula,
This would be great to win, I have purchased alot of attachments for my last one that did not seem to last very long and now not useable. I used it for every mixing need I had…I think I wore it out LOL.. I loved the mixer however and hope someday to replace it.
Michael
When do you announce the winner?
Oh my! The first thing I would make would have to be all those breads that my 25 year old KitchenAid can’t handle! Her inner parts overheat, so if I can’t knead by hand, it’s no go:) Your ravioli is beautiful! Maybe that will be my 2012 challenge to myself – to make pasta!
Homemade sticky buns!
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Tweeted on twitter!
I follow you on twitter and RT’d the tweet
I will make a giant batch of chocolate chip cookies to have with my ravioli dinner! ;o)
I tweeted the following: “I just enterered to win a 7 qt @KitchenAidUSA Stand Mixer from @bellalimento You can enter here:
I follow you on Pinterest
I like you on facebook
I follow KitchenAid on twitter
I like KitchenAid on facebook
I’d make a triple batch of the NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe to test the mixer’s metal!
First thing I would make? Challah bread for sure! I make it now by hand and it takes forever-a kitchenaid would be just the thing!
I’m following you on twitter!
Pinned this page on pintrest
I would love a new kitchenaide, first thing I would make is some nutella cookies for my son
I would love to try and make a mushroom ravioli!! My daughter is begging me to try and make pasta!
My Favorite Italian cheesecake
I would make homemade pasta!!
when and where will you announce the winner?
Been looking but didn’t see a winner announced…
This looks delicious.
I’ve been in food service for twenty years and have used
commercial mixers on a daily basis. I finally decided to
buy one myself and chose the Artisan series Kitchen Aid.
What a treat! It gets the job done, no messing around, no
fiddling with ingredients. It’s quiet and powerful and
just…does it! I’m 37 and have complete confidence in this
mixer outlasting me. Is it expensive? Yes, it is. But its
worth every single penny and will pay for itself, many times
over.
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