ravioli

last week i had some friends over for dinner. i had planned on making pumpkin ravioli.
i managed to talk everyone into helping make dinner.

we had a great time together, many laughs and mistakes, here are the highlights.



we each had a job in the production.



i got to roll out the pasta dough.



dani got to try and problem solve the ravioli tray that was suppose to make everything easier.



but our dough just stuck to the tray. it took dani most of the time to clean the tray to try again.



in the end she did get great results, after so much laughing my sides hurt.



the result on the left is the first ravioli she made, and the one on the right was the much improved second batch.



tip: use lots of flour and don't over fill the tray.



we took over the whole kitchen and flour was everywhere.



shelsy made ravioli the old fashioned way, by putting the filling down on a sheet of pasta.



then covering it with another sheet and pressing it down,

and cutting them with a roller.



she had the hang of this right away.

these are some of the ravioli we made.



they cooked really quickly in the water, the filling was roasted pumpkin mixed with ricotta and parmesan cheese and nutmeg.



i also made a brown butter and sage sauce to go with the ravioli. i had never made it before and it sounded to easy to be true, but it was great.



so after the huge mess, and so much laughing and many many mistakes we did end up with a really great meal, so good that there was none left!