come to me you hungry masses! who long for good, homemade food, and in large quantities! come here, rest your weary head upon my apron and i will hold your hand with flour crusted fingers.
or something.
anyway! this weekend I went home to break in Shmooples' pasta maker.
We could not chose between Sweet Potato Ravioli with Brown Butter sauce or the Artichoke Ravioli with Tomato.
So we made both!
the pasta making process was alot of fun once i/we got it down. she had the machine for a little over a year, but was a tad intimidated by the process. understandably. it had cranks and levers and instructions in 6 different languages. you knead the dough, fold it in half and inch by inch, it stretches out to paper thin sheets of dough in which to place delicious concoctions into! The army worked as followed:
Shmooples: filling station
Michelle : rolling and pulling the dough.
Micaela: placing filling in the sheets of dough, forming ravioli.
once we established our stations it went quite smoothly, and before the hunger set in we were all quite jolly.
after 4 hours of flour flinging, dough kneading, and stealing tastes from sauces and filling, dinner was served.
On the table before us were the two types of ravioli and very very garlicky bread (MMM!)
and my family. it was a delightful Saturday evening.
here's the process...i'm tired just looking at them.
3 separate batches of dough. they must be covered at all times.
Micaela applying the egg wash.
And filling.
And folding.
Ravioli lined on parchment paper. These are only the artichoke ones.
they expanded so quickly! plump.
The finished product! Bon Appetit.
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Micaela's got her pinky up while folding up the little ravioli's! such a little lady, that one :)
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