I have always liked Beef Ravioli, and lately it has replaced mostaccioli as my favorite pasta. They are serving some good Raviolis at the Disney cafeteria lately and it's cheap. Add to that the good pasta sauce from Redd Rocket's Pizza Port, and you have a classic in the making. It's been awhile since I've cooked pasta at the house, mainly because I get it at work. Man is it good.
To help educate the loyal Club Josh users, I found out some interesting tidbits from Fresh Ravioli:
Highly controversial as to its origins. Ravioli were described in a 13th century Italian 'recipe book'. Boccaccio mentions ravioli in 'The Decameron'. The idea of a filling, wrapped in a dough is to be found in all cultures, and ravioli are simply the Italian version.
Fresh Ravioli is a great site with lots of recipes and helpful hints on how to make the best Raviolis.
In web news, Mom sent me a link to Television Without Pity, It seems to be the modern day version of the good old Survivorsucks.com web site that I used to enjoy many moons ago. TWP does have some great recaps of episodes of some of your favorite series. I'm actually amazed at how many shows they have written about. One of my personal favorite articles was a recent one of the classic Trek episode "Space Seed". Warning: the site features lots of moving, annoying ads, and if you don't keep track of time, you will be there for hours.
Two facts about Ravioli with regards to mice:
1. Most frequently chosen birthday dinner in mice's lifetime by far.
2. Frequenty called "Raviolio" on the school playground.
Cheers,
Here's another way to serve ravioli and it's from weight watchers - good for those get togethers with friends....
http://appetizerrecipe.com/AZ/StLouisToastedRavioli.asp
If you don't want to drag out the pan and boil ravioli separately, then you can put some sauce in bottom of baking dish, arrange ravioli over it, some cheese (if you want) then layer it until you make the amount you want. Add about 1/2 c water around edges, cover tightly and bake about 30-45 minutes (depending on shape/depth of dish) and then uncover last few minutes or so if you want to add some grated parmesean cheese. The water helps w/absorbtion of the starch which comes off the pasta and the sauce stays thick. Works well if you need to be doing something else while dinner cooks. Takes about 5 minutes to prepare - and then pop it in the oven....
Later!